Literature
Remembering Rochelle Furstenberg: A groundbreaking writer, editor, and literary critic
Rochelle grew up in Chicago, and later moved to New York to continue her studies. Her husband, Prof. Hillel Furstenberg, was born in Berlin and escaped with his family to New York in 1939.
Over 50 years later, Saul Bellow’s Israel observations remain strikingly relevant - review
‘To laugh and cry’: New book combines biblical teachings with personal Oct. 7 reflections - review
Getting the word out: The Israeli Institute for Hebrew Literature flies the flag in Frankfurt
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
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
