Literature

Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature

“Neshama,” Marcella Pixley’s lyrically written novel-in-verse, won the gold medal for Jewish children’s literature for middle-grade readers from the Association of Jewish Libraries.

|ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA
“Neshama,” Marcella Pixley’s novel-in-verse, won the gold medal for Jewish children’s literature for middle-grade readers from the Association of Jewish Libraries.
‘The seventh Plague of Egypt,’ hail and fire, by John Martin, 1823.

'Disasters of Biblical Proportions': From ancient Exodus to lessons in fear and faith - review

The book Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World provides a history of the interpretations of each of the 10 plagues in the Book of Exodus.

|ByGLENN C. ALTSCHULER
'Pride and Prejudice' was first brought to the silver screen in 1940, and was reprised in 2005.

250 years later, Jane Austen lives on at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

Austen was particularly adept at portraying societal circumstances with liberal helpings of wit and sarcasm.

|ByBARRY DAVIS
Touro Synagogue, built in 1759, in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest synagogue building in the United States.

Mastering the short story: Twelve vignettes capture America’s Jewish world - book review

'You’ve Told Me Before,' proves, if proof were needed after her first wonderful foray into this specialized literary field, that Jennifer Anne Moses is a master of the short story genre.

|ByNEVILLE TELLER

Anthology of Israeli plays published in Moscow

DECEMBER 30, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Presenting the Antology at the book fair With Yana Kotlyar-Gal the Israeli cultural attache

The Israeli Institute for Hebrew Literature, one of Israel’s best cultural ambassadors

DECEMBER 30, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Photos from the book fair in Frankfurt 2021

Award-winning French writer Philippe Besson bares his soul at this year’s Tmuna Theater Festival

Besson seems to have few qualms about airing intimate details of his life in public, through his books, plays based on them, and on discussion panels.

DECEMBER 10, 2022ByBARRY DAVIS
PHILIPPE BESSON: ‘Looking back, I think I write to talk to people who have died, to repair the injustice of their absence.’

Israeli pavilion at Panama International Book Fair receives prime exposure

NOVEMBER 29, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Israeli pavilion at Panama International Book Fair

Borges’ love for Israel and Jewish culture on display at National Library of Argentina exhibit

Jorge Luis Borges was one of Argentine's greatest writers, and to this day he is an iconic figure in South American literature. He also held Israel and Jewish culture in high regard.

NOVEMBER 10, 2022ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA
Jorge Luís Borges 1951.

Are there Jewish roots to Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'?

There is no suggestion in the play that antisemitism played any part in the antagonism between the Capulets and the Montagues. But it is well known that there were many Jews in Verona.

OCTOBER 30, 2022ByJANE BIRAN
Samuel Pepys (portrait by John Hayls, 1666)

Cormac McCarthy’s new novels follow two Jews named ‘Western’

In his new books, McCarthy is exploring a new soil: the American Jewish experience.

OCTOBER 29, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
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How do fairy tales shape your children's perceptions?

Fairy tales: Outdated and sexist or a teacher of social justice and emotional intelligence?

OCTOBER 26, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
An illustration of Red Riding Hood meeting the wolf.

National Library of Israel set to open in March

What will the National Library of Israel's new complex look like? CEO Oren Weinberg releases details of the new Jerusalem landmark.

OCTOBER 15, 2022ByGIL ZOHAR
An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel building designed by the prestigious Swiss firm, Herzog & de Meuron. (© Herzog & de Meuron; Mann-Shinar Architects, Executive Architect)

This Rosh Hashanah: May our Jewish spiritual quarrels continue! -opinion

This year’s two big questions – echoing throughout Jewish history – are “what do we believe” and “why do they hate us.”

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022ByGIL TROY
LEARNING TALMUD and other Jewish studies at Migdal Oz seminary in Gush Etzion: Despite Hitler, the Jews are still learning, exploring and arguing, because we survived.