Books
From Saul's failure to David's reckoning, 'Human Kingship' examines the dangers of power - review
Rabbi David Silber's Human Kingship rereads the Book of Samuel to ask what restrains a ruler when no tribunal can remove him, and whether justice can survive unchecked power.
Israel Makov opens a window into six decades of collecting and championing Israeli art
Holocaust novel Delicate finds its English-speaking audience at last
Dolly Parton remembered for inspiring PJ Library and championing children's literacy
A pro-Israel bookshelf: Top book recommendations by a veteran reviewer
Dedicated readers, I thought, might welcome the chance to learn about books and authors they could have overlooked.
Facing the reality slap: coping when life doesn’t go as planned - opinion
The concept of the reality slap spoke to me as soon as I read the line “a serious illness.” It has since helped provide context as to why the last year has been so tough for me.
Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature
“Neshama,” Marcella Pixley’s lyrically written novel-in-verse, won the gold medal for Jewish children’s literature for middle-grade readers from the Association of Jewish Libraries.
250 years later, Jane Austen lives on at the Jerusalem Cinematheque
Austen was particularly adept at portraying societal circumstances with liberal helpings of wit and sarcasm.
From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation
Dr. Norman Bloom unveils a clear path to reading Hebrew as it was intended to be spoken, after decades of study.
'A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig': A Hebrew, Talmud, rabbinic expert goes ‘whole hog’
At the beginning of the Second Temple period, in the Persian era of the 4th to 5th centuries BCE, pigs did not have a unique status; other animals were viewed as equally non-kosher.
From golems to Horton to banana menorahs: This year’s Hanukkah kids’ books light up the imagination
Three titles garnered the recommendation of the Association of Jewish Libraries: “Construction Site, Hanukkah Lights,” “Banana Menorah,” and “Lost and Found Hanukkah.”
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A book about Germans who had status, safety and power; and still chose to defy Hitler - review
In September 1943, a group that included aristocrats, a diplomat, a pioneering educator, and an intelligence officer gathered in a Berlin drawing room. Not to gossip, but to defy the Nazi regime.
'Don’t Feed the Lion': Israeli, US journalists collaborate to tackle antisemitism in middle school
CULTURAL AFFAIRS: Keshet 12's Yonit Levi and CNN’s Bianna Golodryga, both respected journalists and Jewish mothers, came together to create a book they wished they found for their own kids.
