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.

|ByBARRY DAVIS
BIELSKI partisans and families. Lazar Engles stands third from the left.
ABRAHAM’S GATE, ‘Sha’ar Avraham’ in Hebrew and ‘Bab Ibrahim’ in Arabic, preserved in Tel Dan, is around 4,000 years old.

'Children of Abraham': Over a millennium of Jewish-Muslim relations - review

The French have a saying: “Tout comprendre c’est tout pardonner” (to understand all is to forgive all). Marc David Baer's work may help many on that journey.

|ByNEVILLE TELLER
THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM by David Roberts, 1850. Jewish factions fought each other even as the Romans approached Jerusalem’s walls.

'The Jewish March of Folly': Vindicating Zionism while warning the Jewish People - review

Whether or not author Amotz Asa-El agrees with this alternative analysis, or others, he has done such a masterful job of creating and sharpening his historical lens that many now apply it with ease.

|ByGIL TROY
Books burn at the site of a book warehouse hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, August 1, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Millions of burnt books show how 'war of endurance' is hurting Ukraine, economy continues to slow

A Russian drone strike on Ranok's warehouse in the northeastern city of Kharkiv on August 1 destroyed about 8 million books, the biggest blow yet to Ukraine's publishing industry during the war.

|ByREUTERS

'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack - review

This review of The Road to October 7 follows an interview with its author published in the Magazine earlier this month.

MARCH 28, 2026ByNEVILLE TELLER
Germans read an antisemitic tabloid on a billboard: 'The Jews are our misfortune.' That was in 1935. The Palestinian Authority still teaches hate and violence toward Jews today, the author writes.

Matzah pizza and Miriam star in new children’s books for Passover in 2026

The new books range from Karen Katz’s brightly colored, joyful picture book to an ornately designed volume published by a Chabad-Lubavitch imprint.

MARCH 25, 2026ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA
New children's books for Passover in 2026 include ones about welcoming guests and women of Jewish history.

Jerusalem highlights: March 20 – March 26

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MARCH 21, 2026ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Ron Mueck, ‘Boy,’ 1999, shown at a past Venice Biennale (see Tues day).

What history teaches about October 7, according to Rafael Medoff

A renowned historian’s scholarly work examines alarming trends to watch out for.

MARCH 8, 2026ByATARA BECK
Cars belonging to Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak members were also mutilated on Oct. 7, 2023.

Be a refusenik: Survival guide for Jewish students facing campus antisemitism

New playbook for Jewish defiance on campus takes a page from Soviet refuseniks.

MARCH 8, 2026ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
David Hazony (from L) Natan Sharansky, Rawan Osman, Izabella Tabarovsky, and Noah Shufutinsky at the January launch event for Be a Refusenik at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

Wedding invitation from 1955: A stroll through cherished memories - opinion

A simple wedding invitation from over 60 years ago provides memories of family and the moments that shaped a life.

MARCH 1, 2026ByDVORA WAYSMAN
The Writer's wedding invitation from 1955, to take place in Melbourne’s St. Kilda Synagogue.

'Rogue Justice': Exploring how Israel’s top court turned into a political powerhouse - review

Yonatan Green reveals how Israel’s Supreme Court seized power, shaping law and politics with little democratic oversight.

MARCH 1, 2026ByNEVILLE TELLER
Entrance hall of the Supreme Court, decorated with a section of mosaic pavement recovered from the 5th-to-8th-century Hamat Gader synagogue, near the Golan Heights.

'The Gavriel Tirosh Affair': Unforgettable teacher, lingering memory - review

Yitzhak Shalev’s novel traces the lingering power of a teacher who vanished but never left his students’ minds.

MARCH 1, 2026ByRACHEL PARNESS
The Irgun Museum in Tel Aviv.

HarperCollins to publish book of conversations with Rabbi Eli Schlanger, slain Chabad emissary

The book, titled “Conversations With My Rabbi: Timeless Teachings for a Fractured World,” was written by Nikki Goldstein, a Jewish author who first encountered Schlanger during a hospital stay.

FEBRUARY 27, 2026ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Nikki Goldstein and Rabbi Eli Schlanger celebrate Sukkot.

The book on Apple is already number one on Amazon

Ahead of the tech giant's jubilee celebrations, veteran journalist David Pogue reveals a first look at "Apple: The First 50 Years."

FEBRUARY 26, 2026ByYINON BEN SHUSHAN
Apple: The First 50 Years