booksThe Teacher of Auschwitz review: ‘he helped Jewish children survive hell’Wendy Holden has brought Fredy Hirsch, a young gay man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi depredations, to lifeBy Jenni Frazer2 min read
Books East Broadway to Whitechapel, review: ‘stirring snapshots of a bygone world’David Katz’s short stories are a moving evocation of the Jewish world of Brooklyn and the East End, but also the world of Yiddish literatureBy David Herman2 min read
Books Why the longest hatred isn’t going anywhere soonThis new study on contemporary antisemtism is a welcome addition to the canonBy Robert Low2 min read
Books 2024 in review: Jewish booksFrom the Shoah to the screwed-up elite, the five stand-out Jewish books of the year are a mix of eviscerating fiction, assiduously researched history and memoirBy Claire Allfree2 min read
Books Why in the Middle East, a cartoon can be worth a thousands wordsThis visual guide to the Arab-Israeli conflict between 1917 and 1949 is enthrallingBy Robert Low2 min read
Books The 2025 Wingate Prize longlist is announcedThe shortlist will be announced next month and the winner in FebruaryBy Karen Glaser4 min read
BooksThe Thinking Heart review: ‘David Grossman’s dream for Israel omits certain details’The leading Israeli novelist’s new book fails to ask tough questions about the Jewish state’s implacable enemiesBy David Herman2 min read
The Gates of Gaza review: ‘why Israel is where it is’This personal and very painful book should disabuse anyone of the notion that there are easy answers for the Jewish stateBy Jennifer Lipman2 min read||October 2, 2024 10:08
The Hebrew Teacher review: ‘big questions about the future of Israel’Maya Arad’s trio of widely feted novellas examine the familial and professional challenges facing Jews in California and in the Jewish stateBy David Herman2 min read||September 26, 2024 09:58
Placeholders review: An Irish-Jewish romance marred by loss and longingJames Roseman’s debut novel explores American Jewish identity and griefBy Eliana Jordan3 min read||September 25, 2024 14:50
Remembering the golden age of the New York Jewish intellectual maleI talk to the author of a new book about a group of mid-century Jewish writers who hold a mystique to this dayBy David Cohen4 min read||August 22, 2024 17:01
We should spend our time more wisely than our moneyThe teachings of the Torah can help us manage time more effectively, according to a new bookBy Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene3 min read||August 4, 2024 10:13
Long Island Compromise review: ‘sharp, addictive and gasp-inducing’It’s a masterpiece but to what extent is the Fleishman is in Trouble follow-up also a comment on Jewish Americans becoming increasingly removed from their immigrant roots? The hit novel of the summer gives us plenty to considerBy Jennifer Lipman1 min read||July 25, 2024 13:01
Don’t label anyone a ‘bad Jew’Harvard academic Noah Feldman’s new book asks what do Jews today have in commonBy Simon Rocker4 min read||May 26, 2024 11:22
