New Photos Capture Jewish Storytelling and Folklore
Award-winning Boston-based photographer Hannah Altman calls her stunning body of work 'inspired by the throughlines in various Jewish stories.'
A Thinking Mother’s Memoir
A new book of unflinching and honest, poetic and learned essays are seasoned with Jewish learning as they explore motherhood’s complexities, challenges and joys.
Books on Motherhood in All Its Permutations
In time for Mother’s Day, three new books by Jewish women address the complexities, joys and different roads to being a mom.
‘Not From Here: The Song of America’
In her latest book, Leah Lax presents six stories that humanize and illuminate the various immigrant experiences in the United States.
Jewish Poetry’s Renaissance—and Challenges
“Poetry is central to Jewish liturgy and the Bible,” says Boston-based poet Deborah Leipziger. “It’s part of Jewish DNA.”
A New Book Tells the Story of the Only Jewish Miss America
Author Linda Kass captures pageant energy and postwar disorientation in 'Bessie,' an impressively researched novel about Bess Myerson, the woman hailed by Jews as their modern Queen Esther.
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