From a secret family gemstone to Jewish spirituality, and more, new books offer compelling stories of Jewish life, culture and creativity.
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New Jewish Books to Read in Fall 2026From a secret family gemstone to Jewish spirituality, and more, new books offer compelling stories of Jewish life, culture and creativity.
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Jewish Kids’ Books Are Tackling a Tougher WorldFrom antisemitism and bullying to identity and more, a new era of middle grade and young adult books is helping Jewish kids make sense of a complicated world.
From antisemitism and bullying to identity and more, a new era of middle grade and young adult books is helping Jewish kids make sense of

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 civilization, identity and life.
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
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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.
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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.
Books: Puzzling Out Pages That Challenge ImaginationBeatrice and Virgil: A Novel by Yann Martel. (Spiegel & Grau, 224 pp. $24) To get something out of Beatrice and Virgil, a reader must engageBooks: Rashi Redux, a ChronicleRav Shlomo Yitzchaki, the revered 11th-century commentator on the Bible and the Babylonian Talmud, has suddenly emerged, in an odd confluence of events, as theBooks: People of PastramiWhere have all the delis gone and How Jewish is Bob Dylan are two burning questions our reviewers address. On a more serious note, two writers discuss the hidden Ringelblum ArchivesBooks: Brief ReviewsSeasons of the Moon: Photographs, Essays and Poems by Yaakov Asher Sinclair. (Focus Publishing, 167 pp. $64.99 or go to www.seasonsofthemoon.com for $49.95) This book not onlyBooks: Luminous Lives of the HolocaustNONFICTION Primo Levi’s Universe: A Writer’s Journey by Sam Magavern. (Palgrave Macmillan, 240 pp. $24.95) While suffering with fellow prisoners doomed to Auschwitz, Primo Levi—chemist,Brief Reviews: Sefardim Who Never ForgetEXHIBIT Jerusalem and the Jews of Spain: Longing and Reality A 23-foot-wide canvas map depicts the world as a cartographer might have drawn it inBooks: Can an atheist find love—and God?FICTION 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein. (Pantheon, 410 pp. $27.95) 36 Arguments for the Existence ofBooks: Nazism and Communism: Tracing How One Family EnduredIn her seventh book, Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America (Simon & Schuster, 272 pp. $26), Kati Marton provides a chilling, intimate look atFooter Menu Column 2
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