Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of books and literature, including both non-fictional and fictional works.
Books
The Latest
-
Books In the town of Ernest Hemingway and Frank Lloyd Wright, a Nazi was hiding in plain sight
Michael Soffer's 'Our Nazi' revisits the Reinhold Kulle case in Oak Park, Illinois
-
Books This devastating story of a hidden child during WWII will change how you think about France and the Holocaust
In 'Adieu,' Alfred Lakritz tells the powerful story of his own survival
-
Fast Forward Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winner behind ‘Maus,’ plans graphic novel about Gaza
‘I’ve never had a bigger wrestling match inside my head,' the author said of the project
-
Opinion It’s been a dark year. The holidays are challenging. Let Isaac Bashevis Singer guide you
A great Jewish sage has simple, excellent advice that helped me — and might help you
-
Fast Forward Rebecca Makkai, whose grandfather drafted a Nazi-era antisemitic law, is writing a novel about the rise of fascism
The author of “The Great Believers” has joined in an effort to fight antisemitism and also publicly criticized Israel
-
Books What if Jews rebuilt the Temple?
Yishai Sarid’s ‘The Third Temple’ imagines a dark future for the Jewish state
-
Books After all that controversy, here’s why Ta-Nehisi Coates (probably) didn’t change any minds on Israel-Palestine
Coates' trademark approach to journalism met a subject it couldn't make sense of
-
Books How antisemitic was Joseph Conrad, author of ‘Heart of Darkness’ and ‘The Secret Agent’?
The author was known to disparage Jews, yet sometimes he was also thought to be one
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Music For Bob Dylan’s biographer, ‘A Complete Unknown’ is a dream come true — even if it’s mostly fiction
- 2
Fast Forward Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winner behind ‘Maus,’ plans graphic novel about Gaza
- 3
Books This devastating story of a hidden child during WWII will change how you think about France and the Holocaust
- 4
Film & TV From Germany, a ‘Sopranos’ set in the world of a Jewish delicatessen
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Warsaw Ghetto memorial defaced with anti-Israel graffiti
-
Culture In Peter Yarrow’s legacy, an uneasy blend of Jewish values and personal transgressions
-
Fast Forward What the election of Pierre Poilievre would mean for Canadian Jews and Israel
-
Fast Forward The era of fact-checking is over, Meta says, even if it leads to more disinformation
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
