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'
250 years later, Jane Austen lives on at the Jerusalem Cinematheque
Austen was particularly adept at portraying societal circumstances with liberal helpings of wit and sarcasm.
From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation
Dr. Norman Bloom unveils a clear path to reading Hebrew as it was intended to be spoken, after decades of study.
'A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig': A Hebrew, Talmud, rabbinic expert goes ‘whole hog’
At the beginning of the Second Temple period, in the Persian era of the 4th to 5th centuries BCE, pigs did not have a unique status; other animals were viewed as equally non-kosher.
From golems to Horton to banana menorahs: This year’s Hanukkah kids’ books light up the imagination
Three titles garnered the recommendation of the Association of Jewish Libraries: “Construction Site, Hanukkah Lights,” “Banana Menorah,” and “Lost and Found Hanukkah.”
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A book about Germans who had status, safety and power; and still chose to defy Hitler - review
In September 1943, a group that included aristocrats, a diplomat, a pioneering educator, and an intelligence officer gathered in a Berlin drawing room. Not to gossip, but to defy the Nazi regime.
'Don’t Feed the Lion': Israeli, US journalists collaborate to tackle antisemitism in middle school
CULTURAL AFFAIRS: Keshet 12's Yonit Levi and CNN’s Bianna Golodryga, both respected journalists and Jewish mothers, came together to create a book they wished they found for their own kids.
'Divrei HaLev': A renowned Talmudist rabbi's weekly Torah portion lessons - review
Rabbi Halivni’s magnum opus is 'Mekorot Umesorot' ('Sources and Traditions'), a monumental 10-volume, source-critical commentary on the Talmud in Hebrew.
'The True Power of Speech': Speaking improperly has cosmic consequences - review
It is a book about what happens in the spiritual world when we cross the boundaries of proper speech into the realm of lashon hara.
'Zaidy's Band': Revealing Canada’s contribution to World War II - review
Aron Heller's new book brings into the public arena the little-publicized history of the contribution in World War II of the Canadian Armed Forces, particularly its Jews.
