John Irving always felt like an outsider — is that all he thinks there is to Jewishness?
'Queen Esther,’ the author’s pseudo-sequel to ‘Cider House Rules,’ is a warped reading of the People of the Book
Novel
The Latest
-
Books -
Culture Sam Sussman fashions a mother-son love story with a side helping of Bob Dylan
The author's novel has a nearly one-to-one relationship to his real life questions about his heritage.
-
Books 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'
-
Books 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
-
Books In this vision of a dystopian future, a Jewish student on the run learns that artists make the best fascists
In Zachary C. Solomon's debut novel, a young man joins a utopian society hoping to prove himself as an architect — but soon learns he's the subject of a sinister experiment
-
Culture A Golem grows in Brooklyn — but do Jews need it?
Adam Mansbach’s ‘The Golem of Brooklyn’ updates a Jewish legend for the antisemitism of today
-
Books His memoir was a transcendent look at Black-Jewish relations. Can he pull it off again — in a great American novel?
James McBride, author of 'The Color of Water,' told the Forward about how his family’s story inspired his latest novel — and why writers should stay offline
-
Music How Jane Eyre and Marvin Gaye helped to inspire a pop star’s debut novel
With 'This Bird Has Flown,' Susanna Hoffs, formerly of The Bangles, explores her literary side
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
- 2
Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
- 3
News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
- 4
Culture Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — there’s a long Jewish history there
In Case You Missed It
-
Yiddish World From shtetl to synth: How Yiddish electronica found its rhythm
-
Culture Is ‘Nuremberg’ the Holocaust movie we need right now?
-
Culture How one man’s burial brought Jews and Christians together — and what it still teaches 120 years later
-
Fast Forward Why this congressional candidate is making attacks on AIPAC central to his campaign
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
