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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.
Two books, two realities: How October 7 transformed her American book tour
The literary world's Jewish question: How publishing is failing Jewish authors
New books by Jewish authors revisit the rules of protest in a polarized era - opinion
JD Salinger asked publishers to remove references to his Jewish heritage, letters reveal
"Second-rate reviewers would probably find the information just provocative enough to use and misuse over and over again," wrote Salinger. "So, please, let’s be careful.”
Jewish authors slam Jewish Book Council for ‘bias toward centering Israeli, Zionist voices’
A new open letter signed by 42 authors argues that the Jewish Book Council, which was founded in 1925, should commit itself more to spotlighting Jewish voices who disagree with traditional Zionism.
Israeli lyricist Tzruya Lahav dies at 74 after cancer battle
Lahav played a major role in shaping popular Israeli music across generations and wrote the lyrics for many songs that have become embedded in the country’s canon.
Meet the Connecticut dad and children’s book author who won a JFK Jr. lookalike contest
“He was Catholic. I’m Jewish. I married a Jew. He married a goy,” joked Andrew Ginsburg, who has been inundated with comments that he resembles the late John F. Kennedy Jr. since he was 22.
A pro-Israel bookshelf: Top book recommendations by a veteran reviewer
Dedicated readers, I thought, might welcome the chance to learn about books and authors they could have overlooked.
Children’s author who received public grants defends Bondi massacre, killing of Rabbi Schlanger
Author Matt Chun referred to Chabad as a "Zionist Jewish-supremacist organisation" that holds "events to advance settler-colonisation in Palestine amidst the ongoing extermination of Gaza."
UK’s Palestine Action ban could lead to Sally Rooney's books being removed from shelves
"The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression," she said in the statement.
National Book Award in nonfiction goes to ‘One day, everyone will have always been against this'
“It’s very difficult to think in celebratory terms about a book that was written in response to a genocide,” El Akkad said in his acceptance speech.
Tomer Persico: The evolution of individualism and collective identity in Judaism
Dr. Tomer Persico explores how the biblical idea of humans created in God’s image shaped Western values like individualism and equality.
Behind the bylines: Ethan Freedman - interview
An unconventional journalist capturing the human condition.
