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
Roald Dahl Museum installs plaque to acknowledge author's antisemitism
The famed children's book author had once famously said “Even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.”
It’s ‘Hanukkah in the summer’ as New Yorkers raid the Jewish Book Council’s shelves
Jewish Book Council’s annual “Raid the Shelves” event, which, for $25, allows members of the public to take home as many of the nonprofit’s spare books as they can carry.
New program aims at fostering the art of Hebrew translation
Novel by Meir Shalev translated into Belarusian for the first time
Placing children’s literature at the head of the class
SASA Setton is engaged in a range of activities to promote the creation of original Hebrew literature for children and increased Hebrew literacy throughout Israel.
Robert Gottlieb, legendary editor who championed Joseph Heller, Robert Caro dies at 92
A famous workaholic, he reportedly was reviewing proofs of a book by the Jewish author Cynthia Ozick while helping his pregnant wife through labor.
A Missouri school district could ban ‘Maus,’ citing concerns about ‘explicit sexual material’
Over the past year, several other Jewish books have been caught up in purges across multiple states, including an illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary and more.
Swedish Iranian author, Iranian Israeli actor discuss challenges of diaspora identity
In a conversation with Charhi, Hashemzadeh Bonde discussed her family’s move from Iran to Sweden and the process of coming to terms with her multifaceted identity.
Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo takes center stage in Bulgaria
This four-year-old Emirati boy is the world's youngest-ever author
At only 4 years and 218 days of age, Saeed Rashed al-Mheiri published his debut children's book, The Elephant Saeed and the Bear.
