Books
A pro-Israel bookshelf: Top book recommendations by a veteran reviewer
Dedicated readers, I thought, might welcome the chance to learn about books and authors they could have overlooked.
Facing the reality slap: coping when life doesn’t go as planned - opinion
Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature
250 years later, Jane Austen lives on at the Jerusalem Cinematheque
Hidden basement cache reveals 1.5-ton haul of lost yeshiva of the sages of Lublin books in Warsaw
The researchers removed about 40 to 50 sacks—roughly 1.5 tons—from a locked basement near the Nożyk Synagogue.
'Living Dangerously': A man's journey to business success and religion - review
Irwin Katsof considers that his “journey has been... connecting to my soul and to the Jewish people and to God so that I’m never really alone, and I can deal with anything that happens…”
Jewish activists Emily Schrader, Blake Flayton talk being Jewish on campus - interview
‘The Jerusalem Post’ sits down with Israel activists Emily Schrader and Blake Flayton, authors of 10 Things Every Jew Should Know Before They Go to College: An Illustrated Guide.
The Taliban bans women’s books - and too many Afghans applaud - opinion
Thinking naively that Afghans living in Dubai would be either refugees or have wised up - I asked one what he thinks of the Taliban. His answer? "Wonderful."
Mermaids and a talking donkey: A treasure trove of ‘midrashic’ interpretations - review
Zev T. Gershon's '100 Wonders in the World of Torah' includes entries of little-known stories and oddities.
Texas school district bans Holocaust novel ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’
The decision came after the school district used artificial intelligence to detect 'DEI content' that was forbidden from classroom content.
Roots of the Holocaust: Fascist barbarism and vicious 1920s anti-Bolshevik propaganda - book review
Hitler and his minions combined hatred of Jews as racial aliens polluting German culture with a crusade against 'Judeo-Bolshevism,' allegedly poised to spread Soviet-style Communism across the world
Jerusalem highlights: September 26 – October 2
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
Behind the bylines: Ethan Freedman - interview
An unconventional journalist capturing the human condition.
Sam Sussman’s novel is about his Jewish mom and the teasing possibility that Bob Dylan is his dad
Sam Sussman’s debut novel, “Boy from the North Country,” revolves around a mystery: Was Bob Dylan, the singer and Nobel laureate, the narrator’s father?
