Professor Carol Zoref discusses her award-winning novel, 'Barren Island,' which deftly explores immigrant life, poverty, religion and coming of age in the first half of the 20th century.

Elisha Waldman describes the diversity of patients at Hadassah Medical Center as well as his experiences working with children dealing with incurable cancer.

Émigré women from the former Soviet Union bring their complex Jewish heritage to the written page.

Author Richard Rubin details American history from colonial times to the present, highlighting the uniqueness of the American Jewish experience.

Friedman argues that the morass Israel encountered in Lebanon was a precursor to the struggles Western societies now face.

Biographers of Woody Allen face two challenges: interpreting Allen’s film career and assessing the impact of his personal controversies.

When a respected veteran diplomat like Ross offers guidance to American and Israeli policymakers, we would all be wise to listen.

In many ways, France's first Jewish prime minister was typically French: He was a leftist intellectual, lawyer and writer as well as assimilated and mostly nonobservant.