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The book "Wild Things: The New Neo-Hasidism and Modern Orthodoxy" edited by Arthur Green and Ariel Evan Mayse explores the emergence of a new religious ident...

The author shares their personal experience of going into debt during the 2008 financial crisis and being unable to repay it. They draw a parallel to the bib...

"Hasidism, Jung, and the Jewish Spiritual Crisis" explores the relationship between Jungian psychology and Hasidic teachings in the context of the Jewish spi...

"This Shall Not Be in Vain" is a memoir by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn, a pacifist who became a Navy chaplain during World War II. The memoir, published posth...

"The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France" by James McAuley is a study of four interconnected French museums, once owned by ...

Judah Philip Benjamin was the first American Jew to serve in a president's cabinet. Born into a Sephardi family in Saint Croix, Benjamin grew up in Charlesto...

In the book "From the Shtiebel to the Hora" by David Assaf, the author explores the origins of Israeli songs and their connection to Jewish heritage. Many Is...

David Grossman's novel, More Than I Love My Life, tells the story of Eva and Rade, two heroes of World War II who later became victims of political persecuti...

"A Play for the End of the World" by Jai Chakrabarti is a novel that tells the story of a fictional survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto orphanage who travels to ru...

This article discusses the significance of the All-of-a-Kind Family children's book series by Sydney Taylor. Published in the 1950s, it was the first mass-ma...

This text discusses the creation of the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame in Niagara Falls, Canada by the author's family. The author's family, who were entrepren...

In "Bastard, Orphan . . . Jew?", Andrew Porwancher's book on Alexander Hamilton's Jewish identity is discussed. The article acknowledges the inconclusive evi...

The article explores different interpretations of Jonah's prayer from the depths in the biblical story of Jonah and the whale. It discusses how literary mode...

The article explores the similarities between the biblical book of Ecclesiastes and Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Both texts share themes of futility, existenti...

"Jews Don't Count" by David Baddiel explores the issue of contemporary antisemitism and the tendency of progressives to dismiss or downplay it. Baddiel discu...

This article discusses the cultural life in the Vilna Ghetto during the German occupation from 1941 to 1943. It focuses on the experiences of Yiddish poet Ab...

Chaim Grade's novel, "The Agunah," tells the story of a woman named Merl living in Vilna, Lithuania in the 1920s. Merl is an agunah, unable to remarry becaus...

Daniel M. Herskowitz's book, "Fatal Attraction," focuses on the Jewish responses to Martin Heidegger and his philosophy, despite Heidegger's infamous antisem...

The text discusses the correspondence between Theodor W. Adorno and Gershom Scholem, two prominent Jewish intellectuals of the 20th century. Though they init...

The article discusses the life and work of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. It explores Mandelstam's embrace of Acmeism, a poetic movement that focused on t...

This biography explores the life of Henrietta Szold, the founder of Hadassah and Youth Aliyah, who played a significant role in Zionist women's organizations...

"A Tale of Two Exiles" by Maurice Samuels tells the story of Simon Deutz, a Jewish man who converted to Catholicism in 19th century France. Deutz became invo...

Mark Oppenheimer's book "Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood" provides a detailed and well-written account of t...

The book "How Jews Were Modern" edited by Elisheva Carlebach is part of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization series. Carlebach takes a broad ...

"The Talmud's Red Fence" by Shai Secunda explores how Jews in Sasanian Persia compared their menstrual practices with their non-Jewish neighbors and how thes...

"X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II" by Leah Garrett tells the story of a small unit of Jewish commandos known as X Troop who were recruite...

The article discusses the recently published Hebrew translation of Abraham Maimonides' Commentary on the Torah, which he wrote in the last years of his life....

In "The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton," historian Andrew Porwancher argues that Alexander Hamilton may have had Jewish ancestry, based on evidence from ...

The letter by Lillian Katz contemplates what author Philip Roth would have thought of entrepreneur Adam Neumann, noting their shared narcissism but also thei...

In this exchange, the author of the novel "The Netanyahus" defends his work against a negative review. The author points out that the book is a work of ficti...

Joshua Cohen's novel, "The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family," has received mix...

In the book "With Us More Than Ever," Yoram Bilu explores the belief held by some Chabad Lubavitch Hasidim that their deceased leader, Menachem Mendel Schnee...

In the book "Even If the Ship Is Not Sinking" by Ori Yehudai, the author explores the topic of Jewish emigrants who left Israel after World War II and critic...

The text discusses the relationship between the author's father, a successful novelist, and his godfather, a poet. The author's father faced accusations of w...

Edmund de Waal's book "Letters to Camondo" is a blend of family history and memoir, exploring the story of another Jewish family of art collectors who suffer...

In this collection of letters, several topics pertaining to Judaism are discussed. The first letter discusses David Wolpe's book review, which highlights the...

The ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv has reopened after a renovation, offering a modern and inclusive vision of Jewish peoplehood. The museum feat...

Jacob El Hanani, an artist known for his abstract minimalist drawings, incorporates Hebrew letters and Jewish themes in his work. His upbringing in a traditi...

In this book review, the author discusses Michael A. Meyer's biography of Rabbi Leo Baeck, a prominent figure in German Jewish culture. The review highlights...

"Mazel Tov: The Story of My Extraordinary Friendship with an Orthodox Jewish Family" by J. S. Margot is a memoir that offers a glimpse into the closed commun...

"Jerusalem in Albion" explores the historical significance of Hebrew and Judaica collections in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The book highlights the influ...

Gavriel Savit's "The Way Back" is a fantasy novel set in a mythologized Eastern Europe, featuring a demon-ruled land of the dead. While the book draws on Jew...

"A Murder in Miropol" by Wendy Lower is a book that explores the horrifying murder of Jews in Ukraine and Belarus during the Holocaust. The author, a histori...

"Billion Dollar Loser" by Reeves Wiedeman is a thorough account of the rise and fall of WeWork and its founder Adam Neumann. The book highlights the extravag...

Philip Roth: The Biography by Blake Bailey examines the life of renowned novelist Philip Roth, particularly his efforts to shape his own narrative. Roth coll...

This text discusses the life and work of the Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. It highlights his unrequited love and desire for wealth, as well as his complex rela...

Isaac Abravanel, a prominent Sephardic leader during the Spanish Inquisition, is the subject of Cedric Cohen-Skalli's intellectual biography. Abravanel's lif...

"The Light of Days" by Judy Batalion uncovers the untold stories of brave Jewish women who were part of the resistance during WWII. These women, like Tema, B...

"Hill 24 Doesn't Answer" is a landmark Israeli film about the country's War of Independence. Directed by Thorold Dickinson, the film was released in 1955 and...

The article discusses the origins and impact of the book "Yizkor," which was published in Palestine in 1911 to honor fallen heroes of Zionism. It was a colle...