Books

'The Prime Ministers': New book covers Begin, the ‘Altalena,’ and the October 27 election - review

Israelis vote on October 27, at the end of only the second Knesset since 1988 to serve a full term – the other 13 having dissolved early. 

MENACHEM BEGIN addresses the Knesset, 1974.
ELIMINATED BY the IDF post-Oct. 7: Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh (L) and Yahya Sinwar (R), and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (C), seen at entrance to Jerusalem, Nov. 2024.

On October 7, Hamas’s goal was not the Nova festival - it was New York - opinion

ISI AND TUVIA TENENBOM look out over the Judean Hills.

'Excuse Me, Is This Yours?': Before you boycott settlers, meet them - review

ALIYAH: JUST the beginning. Pictured: French immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, Aug. 3.

'Echoes of Rashi': Exploring R. Shlomo Yitzhaki's ideas and their relevance today


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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

Apple: The First 50 Years

Eli Sharabi’s ‘Hostage’ memoir named Jewish book of the year

Sharabi’s memoir, which details his abduction from Kibbutz Be’eri and the more than year he spent in captivity, became a bestseller in Israel and was later released in English in the United States. 

Eli Sharabi's memoir recounts his 491 days as a Hamas hostage in Gaza.