In his imaginative retelling of the 1596 play, Howard Jacobson gives Shylock a contemporary counterpart in the feisty person of Simon Strulovitch.

Curt Leviant's latest novel follows the comic misadventures of one Shmulik Gafni, a professor of Yiddish studies at a prestigious Israeli university.

Geraldine Brooks's intriguing title alludes to the mystery of David's genius with song.

Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat, became a legend as one of the most courageous humanitarians of his time.

Few cities have had as rich and varied a history as Trieste, whose borders have been defined and redefined countless time.

The title of this ambitious, compassionate tale of four women who love, lose and rededicate themselves to life refers to a “solemn, ancient, sacred” burial ritual, a hesed…

How do you describe colors to a blind person? Can you convey the shadings, the nuances, the intensities? In The Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman asks the reader…

An exchange of glances between a woman and a man in a Tel Aviv café. The woman exits and the man runs after her.