If schools want to combat antisemitism, Dara Horn argues in her new book, students need to learn not only about Jewish persecution but about Jewish civilization, identity and life.

The Jewish Story Missing From America’s ClassroomsIf schools want to combat antisemitism, Dara Horn argues in her new book, students need to learn not only about Jewish persecution but about Jewish
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New Memoirs Reveal a Different Side of the Jewish CatskillsBehind the famed Catskills resorts were radical hoteliers, Holocaust survivors, chicken farmers and families whose stories are only now being told in ‘The Red Hotel’ and ‘Divine Corner.’
Behind the famed Catskills resorts were radical hoteliers, Holocaust survivors, chicken farmers and families whose stories are only now being told in ‘The Red Hotel’ and ‘Divine
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New Yiddish Books and Memoirs From Hadassah MembersA pilot’s account of foiling a historic plane hijacking, a celebration of the Yiddish word kvell and a daughter’s moving Holocaust family memoir.
A pilot’s account of foiling a historic plane hijacking, a celebration of the Yiddish word kvell and a daughter’s moving Holocaust family memoir.
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REVIEW: ‘Playmakers’From teddy bears and Barbies to Marvel and DC Comics, Michael Kimmel explores the kvell-worthy history of the first generation Jewish toymakers who shaped American childhood.
From teddy bears and Barbies to Marvel and DC Comics, Michael Kimmel explores the kvell-worthy history of the first generation Jewish toymakers who shaped American
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REVIEW: ‘Dog’ by Yishay Ishi RonWinner of two National Jewish Book Awards, the slim but harrowing volume drags readers deep into the fears and pain of a former Israel Defense Forces officer.
Winner of two National Jewish Book Awards, the slim but harrowing volume drags readers deep into the fears and pain of a former Israel Defense
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How I Reluctantly Found Purpose as a Cancer MentorIn an excerpt from her new memoir, ‘The End of My Life Is Killing Me,’ Anabelle Gurwitch sits shiva for the ‘angel’ who helped her navigate lung cancer.
In an excerpt from her new memoir, ‘The End of My Life Is Killing Me,’ Anabelle Gurwitch sits shiva for the ‘angel’ who helped her
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The Award-Winning Jewish Books Everyone’s Talking AboutSave this for your reading list.
Save this for your reading list.
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REVIEW: ‘A Call at 4 AM’Journalist Amit Segal explores how Israel’s prime ministers—from Golda Meir to Benjamin Netanyahu—made the high-stakes decisions that continue to shape the country’s politics and security today.
Journalist Amit Segal explores how Israel’s prime ministers—from Golda Meir to Benjamin Netanyahu—made the high-stakes decisions that continue to shape the country’s politics and security
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At Bookhaus in Tel Aviv, English Is Not Lost in TranslationMichal Goldschmidt’s bookshop in the north of the city has quickly become a cozy new literary hub for English-language readers.
Michal Goldschmidt’s bookshop in the north of the city has quickly become a cozy new literary hub for English-language readers.
REVIEW: ‘The Last Dekrepitzer’Howard Langer’s award-winning novel follows the lone survivor of a Polish Hasidic sect and a time when Jews and Blacks found common ground in their struggles.The Jewish Self-Help Books We Desperately NeedA recent wave of books continues the Jewish tradition of turning to spiritual and rabbinical texts for help navigating modern-day challenges.The Jewish Picture Books Everyone’s Talking AboutFrom Hanukkah dragons and Shabbat magic to board books and biographies of Jewish American legends, this year’s crop of titles will delight young readers of all ages.John Irving’s ‘Queen Esther’In his new book, the famed novelist tackles antisemitism and Israeli history.REVIEW: ‘Ghosts of a Holy War’What’s the big-bang moment of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? In her recent book, journalist Yardena Schwartz attempts to pinpoint the 1929 massacre of Jews in Hebron.New Jewish Books of Holiness, Resilience and Courage for FallDive into the only female Auschwitz orchestra established by the Nazis, Lihi Lapid on love and loss and the Polish Jewish female leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.REVIEW: ‘Cammy Sitting Shiva’In Cary Gitter’s debut novel, nearly-thirty Cammy Adler returns home to sit shiva for her father in New Jersey.REVIEW: ‘Autocorrect’In 33 stories, Israeli writer Etgar Keret conjures Kafkaesque frontiers of human loneliness and myriad scenarios for the end of the world as we know it.Footer Menu Column 2
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