Books

Sam Sussman’s novel is about his Jewish mom and the teasing possibility that Bob Dylan is his dad 

Sam Sussman’s debut novel, “Boy from the North Country,” revolves around a mystery: Was Bob Dylan, the singer and Nobel laureate, the narrator’s father?

In "Boy from the North Country," Sam Sussman writes about his mother's real-life romance with Bob Dylan. (Penguin Random House; author photo by Ben Kaplan)
‘It’s All Good’

Jerusalem highlights: September 12-18

MONICA SELES on the tennis court.

Dreams, passions, risks, mistakes: Lessons from a long life - opinion

New books out for the High Holidays in 2025 include TK and TK. (Collage by Ilana Zahavy)

New crop of High Holidays children’s books take place in Uganda, Hong Kong and a Sephardic home


David Blumberg built Israel’s greatest library, then politics destroyed him - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: David Blumberg’s dream library stands tall in Jerusalem, but his life ended in tragedy, overshadowed by scandal and political strife.

DAVID BLUMBERG – Short and bespectacled, but authoritative and full of energy, he turned the National Library into a cultural center.

Inside the Muslim Brotherhood's industry of death: An interview with Cynthia Farahat

An interview with Cynthia Farahat, author of ‘The Secret Apparatus: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Industry of Death’

THEN-US SECRETARY of state John Kerry meets with then-Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in May 2013. Morsi was affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Rotem Sella: Shaping Israel's political discourse through publishing

Publisher Rotem Sella says impact is measured in copies and conversation, and the country is listening.

JPost sits down with Rotem Sella.

‘Move or disappear’: Organizations must 'change chairs' or go extinct - opinion

Animal metaphors epitomize managerial principles central to organizational change and are effective in enhancing the understanding and perceptiveness of CEOs, directors, and academics.

Comfort zone, ilustrative.

Secret Garden for All: The magic and accessibility at the National Library of Israel

Israel’s National Library is all of those things and more: it has truly become a modern-day gem since its founding in 1892.

Some of the 5 million books in the NLI collection.

Israeli news anchor Yonit Levi writes children’s book on antisemitism with CNN’s Bianna Golodryga

Don’t Feed the Lion tackles hate and bullying from the point of view of three children in Chicago who are forced to confront antisemitism.

 Yonit Levi anchors the top-rated Channel 12 evening news broadcast and co-host of the podcast, UNHOLY.

Jerusalem highlights: July 25-31

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

How Not to Drown in Condensed Milk (See Sunday)

Jerusalem highlights: July 18-24

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

Dance performance 'Sof Sof' by the Kolben Dance company at the Jerusalem Theatre.

'Awakening to Radical Islamist Evil': A record of the Israel-Hamas War - review

Monty Penkower’s book is less of a “what went wrong” analysis and more a log book of entries as to what, mostly, went right, and in some cases, wrong.

 PALESTINIANS ATTEND the funeral of senior Hamas deputy military commander Marwan Issa. (illustration)

'The Sunflower House': A Nazi past discovered under the floor - review

The Sunflower House is a well-written story of love amid the harsh reality of the difficult conditions faced by the protagonists.

 A NAMING ceremony conducted by SS members at a Lebensborn home in Rheinhessen, Germany, c. 1936-1944.

He saw the afterlife: The neurosurgeon who came back from the dead

Prof. Eben Alexander, a brain research expert, fell into a coma and was considered a lost case. When he awoke, he claimed to have visited the afterlife.

 Stairway to Heaven