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John Irving's new novel follows a Jewish heroine across decades
John Irving’s Queen Esther follows an orphaned Jewish girl who becomes a family’s anchor, fights Nazis, and shapes Israel’s birth –while her son comes of age amid Vietnam and identity, love, and loss
Philip Roth’s flawed brilliance and its impact on Jewish identity - opinion
National Book Award in nonfiction goes to ‘One day, everyone will have always been against this'
Her Jewish grandfather’s shame inspired a prize-winning novel
Israeli author wins Sydney Taylor Award for YA novel on Orthodox teens
Titled 'The Last Words We Said,' the book was written Leah Scheier, who made aliyah from Baltimore in 2008 and currently lives in Modi'in.
Forgotten novel by Sholom Aleichem published in English for first time
Sholom Aleichem, the pen name of Shalom Rabinowitz (1859-1916), was a masterful storyteller whose keen eye, wit and humor earned him the reputation as the Jewish Mark Twain.
Idealism duped by intolerance masquerading as morality - book review
By reminding us that well-intentioned idealists were duped half a century ago, it warns us that similar intolerance is once more entrapping the college kids.
Learning about life’s complexities and religion through writing
Sally Rooney's new, much-anticipated novel Beautiful World, Where Are You is just as irresistible as her previous work, yet much more frustrating.
Joshua Cohen’s ‘The Netanyahus’ analyzes the famous family
The novel “The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family,” examines the family through the story of one night.
Gal Gadot to star in adaptation of sci-fi romance novel
The debut novel, Meet Me in Another Life, which just came out in the US on Wednesday, is also listed as No. 3 in “LGBT Thrillers” and No. 6 in “LGBT Science Fiction.”
American author Nicole Krauss receives prize for Jewish literature
Krauss was chosen by the Sami Rohr Prize panel of judges for her "valuable contribution to Jewish literature."
A.B. Yehoshua explores aging in new book with humor and humanity
Through Zvi’s story and his work history we also see Israel as it has changed, developed and aged since the Six Day War.
Book tells story of Israeli, Palestinian men who lost daughters in war
The title, Apeirogon, refers to a geometric figure with an infinite number of sides reflecting the many aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian/Arab conflict.
‘Homeland’ creators to adapt ‘Dinner at the Center of the Earth’ to TV
The book centers on a Prisoner Z who is being held at a secret prison site in Israel’s Negev Desert.
