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'Too Jewish?' – why Jewish stories still make some audiences uncomfortable

The Rosenbergs, a middle-class Jewish family from Edgware, played by Nicholas Woodeson as the father, David Rosenberg, and Tracy-Ann Oberman as mother, Lesley Rosenberg, in Ryan Craig’s play, staged recently in a London theater.

Naomi Shloush's 'Academic bimbo' confronts Mizrahi identity in modern Israel

In her novel ‘Frecha Academait,’ Naomi Shloush confronts the stigmas around the derogatory term ‘frecha’ used for women of Mizrahi heritage.

The literary world's Jewish question: How publishing is failing Jewish authors

Jewish writers are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate a publishing world shadowed by antisemitism.

When food becomes memory: Alon Shaya's culinary tribute to Holocaust survivors

How one Israeli-American chef is transforming Holocaust stories into dishes that preserve identity, resilience, and remembrance

Chef Alon Shaya uses food and memory to preserve Holocaust stories for a new generation.

'Upside-Down Love': An Israeli-Palestinian memoir of marriage across borders

Israeli-American lawyer Sari Bashi recounts in her memoir a relationship shaped by restriction and distance, where love unfolds within the limits of the law

Sari Bashi is an Israeli-American human rights lawyer, author, and activist specializing in international humanitarian law and Israeli policy.

'Digital Warrior': How a lone soldier shaped Israel's global narrative after October 7

A personal account of Israel’s information war and how truth is shaped and shared in real time

After October 7, the battlefield expanded online, where narratives spread as fast as the war itself.

Writing to heal: How putting trauma on paper can restore clarity

From trauma to self-understanding, intuitive writing offers a structured way to process emotion, reduce distress, and restore clarity

The Ararat program at the National Library of Israel.

'Too Israel-focused, too Jewy': How publishing closes its doors to Jewish writers

How politics, fear, and quiet boycotts are narrowing the space for Israel-related voices in the literary world

Aron Heller at his book launch for Zaidy’s Band: The Untold Stories of a Jewish Band of Brothers in World War II in Toronto, November 2025.

'It started on October 7': How war reshaped Israel's defense-tech boom

From battlefield needs to global strategy, defense tech is accelerating, with Israel emerging at the center of a rapidly evolving sector

Against the backdrop of geopolitical instability and a booming defense ecosystem, Alon Lifshitz co-founded Aurelius Capital, one of the new players rising in a transformed landscape.

'Am I a murderer?': A Jewish ghetto policeman's confession finally restored

A Holocaust-era diary that was buried, distorted, is now finally being shared

A page in Calel Perechodnik’s original diary, which is now stored in Yad Vashem’s archives in Jerusalem.

Inside Yad Vashem's 'Living Memory': A window to victims' souls

At Yad Vashem, ‘Living Memory’ reveals how objects, letters, and art carry the weight of lives lost – and ensure they are not forgotten

Yad Vashem’s ‘Living Memory’ exhibition creates a time-travel experience through art.

'People don't want wars anymore': Inside Lebanon's shifting calculus on Israel

As Hezbollah’s grip weakens and war fatigue deepens, a growing number of Lebanese are beginning to see peace with Israel not as betrayal but as necessity

Lebanese electrical workers rebuild damaged power lines, as families return to apartments wrecked by Israeli strikes in Tyre last month. Some Lebanese citizens believe Hezbollah’s concept of resistance has completely failed.

The illusion of a sovereign Lebanon: Why past agreements keep collapsing - analysis

Negotiations with Beirut risk repeating past failures unless Hezbollah’s grip on state power is dismantled

Lebanon has not officially designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.