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Marc Shaiman: “It’s not hard to spend your whole life with Jews when you’re in show business. ... I’m sure the first caveman who put on a show was circumcised.” (Robert Trachtenberg via JTA)
In his new memoir, piano man Marc Shaiman tells a showbiz story shaped by Jewish humor.
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New children's books for Passover in 2026 include ones about welcoming guests and women of Jewish history. (Collage by Grace Yagel via JTA)
Many of this year’s new children’s books for Passover portray the holiday theme of opening one’s seder table to guests.
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Don Akchin: "People become more different as they age, not more alike. So there isn’t one ‘retirement experience.’" (Provided photo)
With his new book “The AfterWork,” Akchin explores finding fulfilment and meaning after concluding one’s professional career.
Read MoreEmma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
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The Pikesville branch of the Baltimore County Public Library is located at 1301 Reisterstown Road. (File photo)
“Between Two Worlds” will offer seven programs in March and April that explore Jewish identity, life and literature.
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Kylie Ora Lobell: I call myself a ‘timeline cleanser.’ I want to cut through constant negativity and division.” (Provided photo)
Jmore recently spoke with Baltimore native Kylie Ora Lobell about her new memoir about her conversion to Orthodox Judaism.
Read MoreEmma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
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Author Eli Schaap: "With this knowledge, I feel more connected and blessed to discover a woman I didn't really know."
In “The Jewish Woman Who Fought the Nazis,” Eli Schaap unearths his mother Bep’s story of saving Jews in Holland during the Holocaust.
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Bradford Wind Stone: "It is a book that both Civil War and animal enthusiasts will like, and beyond that people who just have an interest in unusual or largely unexamined aspects of history." (Provided photo)
A longtime volunteer at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Bradford Wind Stone recently wrote the book, “Hooves, Paws and Claws for the Cause: Animals in the U.S. Civil War.”
Read MoreEmma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
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Author Gilly Segal (left) interviews literary agent Rena Rossner (center) and rabbi and author Angela Buchdahl at the Artists Against Antisemitism 2025 Jewish Writers Mifgash in September. (Rebecca J. Michelson, provided by JTA)
To combat rising antisemitism and exclusion of Jewish authors, UJA-Federation of New York has awarded grants to six organizations working in different areas of the literary ecosystem.
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