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Books The first anthology of writing about the war is an outpouring of poetry and anguish
Rabbi Menachem Creditor's 'Am Yisrael Chai: Essays, Poems, and Prayers' was born out of the blur that followed Oct. 7
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Books A timeline of cultural events canceled since Hamas’ attack on Israel
In the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, widespread cancellations of events tied to Palestinian or Muslim communities have raised fears about free speech and censorship
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Books Surviving the Holocaust, only to endure the brutality of life under Stalin
In 'Two Roads Home,' Daniel Finkelstein urges the reader to remember both Nazi and Soviet crimes against humanity
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Books Magnificent permanent exhibit opens at Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center
Among the many displays are a 1918 Yiddish linotype press and a replica of the great Yiddish writer Y.L. Peretz’s study in Warsaw
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Books Conferences and cultural events with Palestinian ties are being canceled around the US and abroad
Even events unrelated to the Middle East are being scrapped if speakers are deemed anti-Israel
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Books Hundreds of writers protest cancellation of Palestinian author’s event at Frankfurt Book Fair
Organizers called off an award ceremony for Adania Shibli's 'Minor Detail,' a novel based on the true story of a 1949 rape of a Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers
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Books He wanted to tell the story of ordinary Palestinians living under occupation — will anyone want to listen now?
Nathan Thrall's 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama' is an intimately reported account of the aftermath of a lethal West Bank bus crash
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Books How a 16-year-old Jewish high school student is fighting back against book banning in Florida
In a state than bans more books than any other, Iris Mogul is starting a conversation about George Orwell, Toni Morrison and Zora Neale Hurston
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