Literature

'My Other Half': Sex, drugs, rock & roll, philosophy, and cynicism - book review

In My Other Half, the hero, Jake, eventually meets an unexpected fate in Jerusalem. Until then, he embarks on a hilarious series of decadent misadventures, some of which appear below.

AUGUST 23, 2026|ByMARION FISCHEL

'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.

JULY 26, 2026|ByGLENN C. ALTSCHULER

Dinaw Mengestu attends the PEN America 2026 Spring Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 14, 2026 in New York City.

PEN America president resigns after report warns of threats to Jewish, Israeli authors

“It’s the First Amendment that allows all of us to engage in boycotts, not PEN America,” Mengestu told the Atlantic. “PEN America as a free expression organization is supposed to defend that right.

JULY 14, 2026|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Rare medieval Sefardi Torah scroll from the late 13th or early 14th century on display at ANU, Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

'Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land': America’s relationship with the Torah - review

The language America reaches for, at its best moments and its worst, has always been ours. Not borrowed. Ours. We wrote the story it keeps retelling. We are still here to see how it ends.

JULY 5, 2026|ByRAFFI CROUSE

Novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen brings a taste of Israeli culture to Brazil

Novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen recently toured Brazil with her husband, the screenwriter Yoav Shutan-Goshen.

MARCH 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Embassy in Mexico participates in largest book fair in the Americas

MARCH 29, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM

The best books of 2022-2023 - opinion

My fifth annual list of favorite books on Israeli, Jewish and other matters, ranging from diplomacy to Torah commentary.

MARCH 23, 2023ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

CUSTOMERS REVIEW the shelves at a Jerusalem bookstore.

Israeli writers sign petition against plans to transfer National Library authority to Edu. Ministry

The amendment impacting the library is expected to allow the ministry to control appointments to the library board, as well as to increase "transparency and public oversight" of the institution.

FEBRUARY 25, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel’s main reading room. (© Herzog & de Meuron; Mann-Shinar Architects, Executive Architect)

The timeless debate

The book shows that the religion v. secularism debate transcends different eras

FEBRUARY 24, 2023ByNEVILLE TELLER

RABBI ARYEH SPERO of the National Conference of Jewish Affairs debates Medea Benjamin of Code Pink in Washington, in 2019.

Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie's attacker - state media

Salman Rushdie was attacked by an American Muslim at a literary event in the summer, losing an eye and the use of one hand.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL, REUTERS

Author Salman Rushdie gestures during a news conference before the presentation of his latest book 'Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights' at the Niemeyer Center in Aviles, northern Spain, October 7, 2015.

Israel's oldest English theater group to perform 'The Wizard of Oz'

Beginning February 23 and throughout March, LOGON will be staging The Wizard of Oz in Eshkol, Ashkelon, Jerusalem, Netanya, Ra’anana, Givatayim, Beit Shemesh, Modi’in, Rehovot and Beersheba.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByPATRICIA GOLAN