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Bram Presser, former leader of the band Yidcore, won an award from the Jewish Book Council for his debut novel. (Courtesy of Presser)
“I didn’t really set out to write a book,” Bram Presser said. “I wanted to find out what happened to my grandfather.”
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Nathan Englander returns with a novel titled “Kaddish.com.” (Cover: Alfred Knopf; photo: Joshua Meier)
“Without being silly, every character, every setting, every food, every thought — the weather in my books is Jewish,” Nathan Englander says.
Read MoreHere are some things you might want to consider when selecting a Haggadah.
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Jacob Dinezon’s dramatic Yiddish romance novel “The Dark Young Man” was a surprise success in 1877. (Courtesy of the Jewish Storyteller Press)
Set in the mid-19th century in the outskirts of the Russian city of Mohilev, Yankev (Jacob) Dinezon’s “The Dark Young Man” had it all.
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Matti Friedman’s newest book is “Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel.” (Mary Anderson/Algonquin Books)
“Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel,” which tells the captivating tale of Israel’s first spies, young Jewish men originally from Arab countries who could slip across borders undetected.
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Jewish women play mahjong at Wordman Park Pool, 1924. (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-11609])
“I think it’s important that readers know that there was anti-Semitism in the women’s movement in the 1970s and 1980s and 1990s,” Pamela Nadell said.
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They Laugh Alike, They Walk Alike, At Times They Even Talk Alike: Meeting for the first time ever are Deborah Weiner (left) and, er, Deborah Weiner. (Facebook)
What’s in a name? Everything, according to a pair of high-profile Deborah Weiners who recently met for the first time.
Read More“The Length of a String,” Elissa Brent Weissman’s eighth novel for children, tells the story of Imani, the adopted daughter of Jewish parents in Baltimore.
Read MoreIn any relationship, the right book can engender or guide love, or, yes, be the seed of its destruction, reflect its absence.
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Amos Oz speaks at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif., May 5, 2015. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
At Penn Station, Oz patiently answered my questions while making ardent observations of an Orthodox family nearby.
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Erin Mandras says she wrote her new book "Austin's Allergies" to help kids and adults understand the seriousness and complexities of food allergies. (Handout photo)
“Austin’s Allergies” tells the story of Austin Mandras, from the early stages of his diagnosis to how to help keep him safe.
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