Books
What is the future for Jews in the UK? | Jerusalem Dispatch
The latest episode dives into the security concerns of British Jews, political polarization in the UK, and the challenges facing Jewish authors amidst rising anti-Israel sentiment.
'Your story is too Jewish': Inside publishing's dirty open secret - from the editor
Eduard Shyfrin introduces a first-ever systematic theory of Kabbalah for the modern era
Backlash grows over Israeli character in R.F. Kuang’s upcoming novel 'Taipei Story'
'Extreme Trauma': Analyzing the horrors and heroism of October 7 - review
In the hands of the right readers, Extreme Trauma can help ensure that the truth of what happened on Oct. 7 is neither distorted nor forgotten.
'On Democracies and Death Cults': Douglas Murray lauds Israel’s youth - review
On Democracies and Death Cults sets out Douglas Murray’s clear-eyed, reasoned, and deeply researched view of the pogrom committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023
The final frontier: Amotz Asa-El on settling the Negev as a project to unify Israel
It’s a revival of David Ben-Gurion’s dream of “conquering the desert,” though updated within the parameters of the latest technological, environmental, and sociological developments.
'Sons and Daughters': The last great Yiddish novel now available in English - review
An English translation by Rose Waldman of Chaim Grade’s final, unfinished work has been published.
'The Right to Happiness': Moving fiction about Holocaust survivors - review
While they are firmly grounded in the hearts and souls of the survivors and their families, these tales tell a universal story of love and loss that will appeal to any reader.
'Rabbinic Scholarship': How the Talmud Yerushalmi was made - review
This book is a deeply scholarly and ambitious work that sheds new light on the Talmud Yerushalmi and its place within the intellectual world of late antiquity.
'The Defeat of Evil': A warning for constant vigilance against a resurgent evil within - review
The Defeat of Evil ends with this somber warning: “Even in victory, we must remember: No triumph is ever complete or permanent. Safeguarding our values demands constant vigilance.”
'The Human Scale': Israel-based FBI mystery is a page-turner - review
The Human Scale is a superb contemporary political thriller that goes well beyond simply keeping the reader enthralled with a succession of unexpected developments, page after page.
'The Art of the Music Critic': Music through a former ‘Jerusalem Post’ critic's eyes - review
The Art of the Music Critic is an incisive and illuminating compendium of an expansive stretch of our musical timeline, presented in an invitingly user-friendly form.
'Songs for the Brokenhearted': A mosaic of Israeli society - review
This cast of characters and their stories offer an authentic mosaic of the people who make up Israeli society, portraying the tensions, the long history, and the unresolved traumas.
