Books
'Our Partisan Kingdom' and 'Written in a Barn': Holocaust survival up close and personal - review
An American octogenarian oleh, born in a DP camp in Italy, offers his Holocaust survivor parents’ tales to the world.
'Children of Abraham': Over a millennium of Jewish-Muslim relations - review
'The Jewish March of Folly': Vindicating Zionism while warning the Jewish People - review
Millions of burnt books show how 'war of endurance' is hurting Ukraine, economy continues to slow
'Digging Deep': The lost Jewish football greats who once shaped European soccer - review
"Digging Deep" reconstructs a lost Jewish sporting world and the remarkable careers of 11 players whose stories were nearly forgotten.
'Jewish, Christian and Islamic Traditions': Jerusalem and its names - review
The book offers a perspective on how language itself shapes the identity, and holiness of Jerusalem.
The unique book project created for the Israel National Trail
Thanks to a hiker who missed reading something while walking the entire Israel National Trail, a nationwide initiative of dozens of free libraries along the national trail was born.
'Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land': America’s relationship with the Torah - review
The language America reaches for, at its best moments and its worst, has always been ours. Not borrowed. Ours. We wrote the story it keeps retelling. We are still here to see how it ends.
'Stalin’s Apostles': The Cambridge Five and the lost world of Jewish Communism - review
From elite universities to Soviet handlers, the Cambridge Five helped Stalin penetrate Britain’s security and decision-making core.
Israeli author Amir Tibon wins Sami Rohr Prize for Oct. 7 memoir
“It is an incredible honor to receive the Sami Rohr Prize and join the esteemed list of writers who have won this award over the past two decades,” Tibon said in the Sami Rohr Prize press release.
'Engaging the Essence': The Lubavitcher Rebbe as philosopher - review
While the Rebbe did not write a system, he spoke to occasions for 40 years. Bronstein anchors the structure of the Rebbe’s talks in his first discourse of 1951.
Fair is not always equal: Adapting bar, bat mitzvahs to developmental challenges - review
The goal of "A Different Spirit" is to offer practical guidance to those planning Jewish rite of passage ceremonies for youth with autism, anxiety, or other mental/physical health issues.
'Joseph Albo': A sweeping map of Jewish belief - review
This influential vision of Judaism places belief and commitment, not philosophy, at the heart of salvation.
Jane Yolen, whose The Devil’s Arithmetic became a Holocaust classic, dies at 87
Scholars say The Devil’s Arithmetic cemented Yolen's legacy as a leading writer for young Jewish readers, praised for blending time travel with historical authenticity.
