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Culture Ben Lerner’s tale of three hotels is a lyrical novel of loss and human potential
in 'Transcription,' the celebrated author writes Jewishly of what he finds himself unable to escape
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Culture In her inspired and inspiring history of the Jewish Bund, Molly Crabapple has found her anti-Zionist heroes for our time
Though written for this political moment, 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country' is more of a history and a tribute than a handbook
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Culture The original anti-Zionists have been all but forgotten. Molly Crabapple wants to change that.
in 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country,' the artist and journalist offers a family memoir and a history of the Jewish Bund.
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Culture Oct. 7 changed Howard Jacobson. But his new novel is as defiant as ever.
'Howl' is a pointed, humorous critique of the British anti-Zionist movement
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Culture It’s getting more dangerous to be a comedian — but was it ever safe?
Jacques Berlinerblau's new book examines the limits of free speech in an era of ideological contention and internet virality
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Culture A brilliant Jewish storyteller may be gone, but her characters are ‘still talking’
Lore Segal's posthumous short story collection once again shows her mastery of the form
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News An audiobook narrator told Zionists to kill themselves. A popular romance novelist hired him anyway.
As the romance genre has grown more inclusive, some authors say Jews still aren’t getting their happily-ever-after
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Fast Forward Eli Sharabi’s ‘Hostage’ memoir named Jewish book of the year
Journalist Julia Ioffe, former Obama aide Sarah Hurwitz and historian Pamela Nadell are also winners of a National Jewish Book Award
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
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Culture Ben Lerner’s tale of three hotels is a lyrical novel of loss and human potential
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