Almost 30 years ago, Simon Schama wrote that “all history tends towards autobiographical confession.” Now Schama ranges across lands and times and languages to confess through his own…

German sociologist and theoretician Theodor Adorno believed that “to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.” Brenda Webster, whose previous novels and translations give witness to both her narrative…

Love and Treasure: A Novel by Ayelet Waldman. (Knopf, 334 pp. $26.95) Salzberg, 1945. Salzberg, 1945. In the aftermath of World War II, American G.I.

The Museum of Extraordinary Things: A Novel by Alice Hoffman. (Scribner, 368 pp. $27.99) Two horrific disasters—the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 1911 that

Daniel Silva, the best-selling author behind the Gabriel Allon spy novels, is back with his latest installment in the series. He and his wife, NBC news reporter Jamie…

Refined luxury awaits visitors to the new Ritz Carlton and Waldorf Astoria hotels open in the Tel Aviv area and Jerusalem.

Blatant anti-Semitism mingled with a thriving Jewish presence in this famous town, before the onset of the Holocaust.

“Mid-century Modern Designs—Shop This Look” reads a recent advertisement on The New York Times website. Glass-walled houses, teak furniture, the Eames lounge chair: In the