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Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint
The district in the Rio Grande Valley immediately agreed with activists who said the books were “filthy and evil"
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She longed to be a lover and an outlaw; she became a writer instead
Francine Prose's memoir '1974' is a portrait of a relatively brief encounter and an entire generation
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This Auschwitz book trend has got to stop — the sooner the better
It is time to rise up and say: No more book titles including the words 'of Auschwitz'
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Why Hebrew is showing up in unexpected places — and why that matters
Three new books written in English — by Yael Van Der Wouden, Jessica Jacobs and Toby Lloyd — feature Hebrew in them
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On the road again — except a lot more Jewish than Jack Kerouac, or T.S. Eliot for that matter
Reuven Fenton's debut novel 'Goyhood' interrogates Jewish identity with a jaunty sense of adventure
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Whose art is it anyway? Inside the cultural battle between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters
Since the war broke out, debate has raged over the political meaning of art
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‘Is your fav author a zionist???’ A viral list reignites antisemitism fears in the literary world.
'We’ve been hearing about lists like this one for months now. Seeing this one publicly, and the explanations, is truly chilling,' the CEO of the Jewish Book Council said
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Viral list classifies authors as Zionist, urging people not to read their work
The list cites looks to online posts to ascertain authors' political stances around Israel
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A history of a pivotal era in Palestine wins a top Jewish book prize
Oren Kessler’s “Palestine 1936” tells the “story of two nationalisms"
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How Barbara Walters changed the world
Interviewing the likes of Vladimir Putin, Monica Lewinsky and Fidel Castro, the groundbreaking journalist remade television in her own image
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