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.
'A Life of the Mind': New biography reexamines the mind of Hannah Arendt - review
PEN America president resigns after report warns of threats to Jewish, Israeli authors
'Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land': America’s relationship with the Torah - review
Palestinian prisoner writes book in Israeli prison, nominated for award
While in prison, Basim Khandaqji wrote a book that was nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Jewish Life Stories: The authors that left us
Robie H. Harris, 83, whose best-selling sex-ed books for children earned her awards and a prominent place on lists of banned books, died January 6 in New York. She was 83.
Legendary Culture: Cinema, Literature and performing arts
Mifal Hapayis names five finalists for prestigious literature award
The winner will receive a prize of NIS 180,000, and the winning book will be translated into Arabic as well as another foreign language.
From guerillas to Guernica: Tracing evolution of war and its lexicon
As war has played such a significant part of human history, it is a theme that figures largely in the realms of art, literature, and film.
'Abraham': A literary reading of the Bible's famous story - review
In some circles, literary readings of the Bible are seen as controversial, but good literary analysis can enhance the Bible’s message about God and human beings.
UPenn to host slew of ‘antisemitic’ speakers at Palestine Writes literature festival
A number of the speakers to appear at the UPenn event
A new memoir tries to mend the pieces of the author’s broken Cuban-Jewish family
Three generations of her family, beginning with her paternal grandfather’s arrival from Transylvania, lived in Cuba — which was still taking in Jews when the United States had closed its doors.
Beloved Jewish children's writer Mary Ann Hoberman dies at age 92
She co-founded and performed with “The Pocket People,” a children’s theater group, and “Women’s Voices,” a group giving dramatized poetry readings.
The 11th international writers festival celebrates the power of the written word
