Novel

In 'At Work', Bouillon charms in a predictable look at a struggling novelist - review

As I watched, I kept wondering whether the world needed another book about a mean dad or a failed marriage, which is the last thing I imagine the director wanted me to think.

BASTIEN BOUILLON in "At Work."
Polish born Mordechai Fox, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, wears a yellow Star of David on his jacket during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust novel Delicate finds its English-speaking audience at last

 An illustrative image of poetry.

Wait until life touches you, and the poems appear like bruises - opinion

Lihi Lapid on what October 7 did to Israeli authors

The Manhattan bookstore that wouldn't host her: Lihi Lapid on what October 7 did to Israeli authors


John Irving in Jerusalem: I’m pro-Israel, I’m pro-Jewish, and here for you

Irving, who last visited Israel in 1981, said his new book brings back some of the characters and setting of his beloved novel, The Cider House Rules.

 John Irving speaking at an event at Mishkenot Shana'anim on Wednesday in Jerusalem.

‘Goyhood’ - Reuven Fenton on the story behind his debut novel

The character discovers, to his disbelief and horror, that his mother was not actually Jewish,

 REUVEN FENTON: ‘New York Post’ reporter, Orthodox Jew.

Bestselling author John Irving makes appearance at the Jerusalem Writers Festival

The author, who appeared on Zoom because he had just caught a case of COVID, had planned to attend the festival in person – and promised his interviewer to come to Israel when his health permitted.

 JOHN IRVING (on screen) is interviewed by Ari Folman this week at the Jerusalem Writers Festival at Mishkenot Sha’ananim.

'On Her Own': The gripping new novel by Lihi Lapid - review

Lihi Lapid is a writer and activist for disability rights. She is married to Israeli politician Yair Lapid, currently the leader of the opposition.

 Lihi Lapid

Lihi Lapid's novel ‘On Her Own’ 

While she is the author of novel, Woman of Valor, which was also published in English to positive reviews, and several other books that came out in Israel, she is also the wife of Yair Lapid

 LIHI LAPID: Now that the book is being published in English, I think people who read it outside of Israel will have a greater understanding of what it means to be Israeli, of the price we pay for our life here. That’s very meaningful to me.

'Orfeo’s Last Act': A plot spanning Renaissance Italy and modern England - review

The two parts of the story run side by side down the 262 pages of the book, part one on the evenly numbered pages; part two on the odd. 

 OPENING of Salamone Rossi’s ‘Madrigaletti,’ Venice, 1628, on display at the Diaspora Museum, Tel Aviv.

In her new book, Batya Ungar-Sargon speaks on why Jews need to rethink their alliances

Her new book applies to Jews and Israel, especially post-October 7 when American Jews were stunned by their progressive peers.

 A rally in support of Israel that took place in November in Washington. Israel should inspire American Jews to focus less on what they have been doing - defense - and shift to what they have not been doing - attack, says the writer.

'The Partisan's Coat': A mysterious historical novel set in Israel - review

The Partisan’s Coat is Grenimann’s second novel. In a way, it could be called a coming-of-age novel.

 Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann

'Adam Unrehearsed': A thrilling coming-of-age novel set in Queens - review

Adam is an almost bar mitzvah boy, and his coming of age is set against the background of antisemitism, the Soviet Jewry movement, and relatable cringe-worthy moments of awkwardness.

Flushing, Queens.

'To Die in Secret': A compelling novel about a woman coping with tragedy - review

Some of the relationships, such as that of Nomi and her mother, whom she hasn’t seen in 40 years and is now facing dementia, are laced with regret; others of unfulfilled potential.

 Author Haviva Ner-David