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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...

This text is a personal reflection on the experience of grief and loss. The author describes living with a metaphorical "fog" that surrounds them after the l...

In 1840, amid a theological dispute within Protestantism regarding the relationship between the Old and New Testaments and Judaism and Christianity, Chief Ra...

The highly anticipated third season of the Israeli TV show "Shtisel" has finally arrived on Netflix, bringing with it a new set of challenges and trials for ...

The article discusses two commonly asked questions during the Passover Seder about the customs of dipping a finger into the wine and reciting a shortened ver...

The article discusses a short novel by Sholem Aleichem called Moshkeleh Ganev, which was largely forgotten despite being published in 1903 and serialized in ...

Hasdai Crescas, a 15th-century Jewish philosopher and chief rabbi of Aragon, composed a sermon that explored the nature of faith and its relation to miracles...

"The Beginning of Politics" by Leon R. Kass is a book that approaches the biblical book of Exodus as an integrated whole, challenging the prevalent view of i...

"Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal" by Marion Kaplan explores the experiences of Jewish refugees in Portugal during World War II. Despit...

The article discusses a recently discovered short story by the Polish Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, titled "Undula." The story, published in 1922 under a pseud...

In "From Venice to Harlem," Daniel B. Schwartz explores the history and evolving meaning of the word "ghetto" in Jewish and popular culture. He traces the or...

"The Lost Shtetl" by Max Gross is a quick-witted novel that tells the story of Kreskol, a Jewish village in Poland that has been isolated from the outside wo...

The book "Between Literalism and Liberalism" edited by Michael Marmur and David Ellenson explores the complexities of American Jewish thought in the 20th cen...

In Micah Goodman's book, "The Wondering Jew," he argues for a middle path between strict adherence to tradition and complete abandonment of Jewish values. He...

"Life in Learning" is a book that explores the world of Orthodox Jewish yeshivas and the significance of Torah study in Jewish life. The author, Jonathan Boy...

Cynthia Ozick's novel, "Antiquities," explores the themes of history, memory, and the value of objects, ideas, and experiences. The story is narrated by Lloy...

"The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century" by Adam Kirsch explores the significance of books in Jewish culture....