Literature

'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.

|ByNOAH ROTHSTEIN
CHABAD ‘SHLUCHIM’ gather in front of 770 Eastern Parkway, New York, in 2022.
The four finalists for the 2026 Sami Rohr Prize are, from left, Shaul Kelner, Amir Tibon, Jordan Salama and Laura Hobson Faure.

Sami Rohr Prize 2026 shortlist highlights family survival and Jewish history

The annual award — which alternates each year between works of fiction and nonfiction and which honors emerging Jewish writers — is considered one of the most prominent awards in Jewish literature.

|ByLISA KEYS/JTA
Reading a torah scroll

'The Sacrificial Service': Leviticus has been mistranslated for centuries - review

The book grew out of courses the author taught, and covers Leviticus’ chapters 1 through 10. 

|ByNOAH ROTHSTEIN
Rabbi Danny Tropper, founder of Gesher.

'Agents of Change': American Jews and the transformation of Israeli Judaism - review

From gender roles to religious authority, American-trained leaders transformed key debates in Israeli Judaism.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie's attacker - state media

Salman Rushdie was attacked by an American Muslim at a literary event in the summer, losing an eye and the use of one hand.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL, REUTERS
Author Salman Rushdie gestures during a news conference before the presentation of his latest book 'Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights' at the Niemeyer Center in Aviles, northern Spain, October 7, 2015.

Israel's oldest English theater group to perform 'The Wizard of Oz'

Beginning February 23 and throughout March, LOGON will be staging The Wizard of Oz in Eshkol, Ashkelon, Jerusalem, Netanya, Ra’anana, Givatayim, Beit Shemesh, Modi’in, Rehovot and Beersheba.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByPATRICIA GOLAN
LEXI LEITNER as the Scarecrow, Eric Isaacson as the Cowardly Lion, Ed Spitz as the Tin Man and Aida Hasson as Dorothy in LOGON’s upcoming production of ‘The Wizard of Oz.’

Israeli entrepreneur sheds light on connection between innovation and ‘tikkun olam’ in Thailand

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

David Grossman receives major international cultural prizes

FEBRUARY 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
DAVID GROSSMAN faces the concept of death in every one of his books.

A Yiddish treasure with a soap opera backstory

This week YIVO and the NLI will announce the completion of the digitization of writer Chaim Grade's entire archive.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
Shtetl in Poland 370

National Library of Argentina showcases Borges’ love for Israel and Judaism

JANUARY 31, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
German Alvarez, Investigator of the Borgean funds recovery program, Prof. Ruth Fain, head of the department Latin American studies, the HebreU, Eyal Sela, Ambassador of Israel to Argentina, Laura Rosarto, Investigator of the Borgean funds recovery program, Amital Perry, head of public diplomacy

Int'l Winnie the Pooh Day: How do stuffed toys aid early development?

Winnie the Pooh Day is celebrated every year on January 18, the birthday of the British author A.A. Milne (1882-1956), who wrote the book.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByMOSHE COHEN/MAARIV
Pooh with Tigger and Eeyore at the Shanghai Disney Resort in 2019.

Jewish American poet Naomi Replansky dies at 104

Replansky was described as "an intensely political poet, appalled by the cruelty, greed, and corruption of the masters of nations and corporations."

JANUARY 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Books (illustrative)

Book lovers rejoice: New app offers 600,000 books to read, listen to

The platform allows book lovers to consume them on the way to work, on vacation, during sports or at home, and enjoy a wide range of unlimited books for the price of one book.

JANUARY 5, 2023ByLIOR NOVICK/MAARIV
Oodles of reading material at an old bookstore in Safed

Madrid pays tribute to late Israeli writer Amos Oz

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A tribute to late Israeli writer Amos Oz