Books
Irish author Sally Rooney's books no longer sold in UK over support for banned Palestine Action
Palestine Action, which had increasingly targeted Israel-linked defense companies, was banned shortly after a June 2025 break-in at the Royal Air Force's Brize Norton base.
'The Prime Ministers': New book covers Begin, the ‘Altalena,’ and the October 27 election - review
On October 7, Hamas’s goal was not the Nova festival - it was New York - opinion
'Excuse Me, Is This Yours?': Before you boycott settlers, meet them - review
'Israel on Trial': US Judge Roy K. Altman takes on accusations against the Jewish state - review
A nascent state has to fulfill four requirements: have a permanent population, a defined territory, be governed by a single effective government, and have the capacity to conduct foreign relations.
From fake burps to reverse tashlich, new children’s books bring the High Holidays to life
The 2026 High Holiday season brings a new set of Jewish children’s books, with new stories spanning Rosh Hashanah traditions, Yom Kippur apologies and Sukkot celebrations.
AI burns books? Tech giants are buying, shredding books to train smarter chatbots
AI Tech giants have been working on a secret project to buy millions of books and destroy them to feed their new models.
'Reclaiming Redemption Vol. II': Tracing Jewish survival from exile to war - book review
Moshe Taragin’s wartime essays argue that Jewish faith is carried not only through ideas, but through the people whose resilience has preserved it across history.
'The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel': Groundbreaking way to explore the Book of Samuel - review
Koren’s new Samuel does more than explain the biblical text. Through archaeology, maps, manuscripts, and photography, it restores the physical world in which the story unfolded.
PJ Library founder Harold Grinspoon still reinventing himself at 97
Nearly a century after witnessing the Holocaust and rising antisemitism, philanthropist Harold Grinspoon reflects on Jewish resilience, legacy, and the future at age 97.
'A Life of the Mind': New biography reexamines the mind of Hannah Arendt - review
Recently discovered archival material and underutilized sources in German to illuminate her experiences and ideas, about antisemitism and Zionism as well as philosophy.
'A Life': Mark Oppenheimer captures the iconic life and legacy of Judy Blume - review
The prolific Blume, still alive and well at age 88, has sold over 80 million copies of her books worldwide.
'Faith in a Turbulent World': Lamentations teaches us how to endure grief - review
Yael Ziegler shows how the structure, rhythm and shifting voices of Lamentations hold grief, accusation and faith within the same biblical text.
'Out of the Sky': The Jewish parachutists who jumped into Nazi-occupied Europe - review
Matti Friedman uncovers the forgotten stories behind the Jewish parachutists who risked everything to return to Nazi-occupied Europe.
