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World's largest collection of Yemenite Jewish manuscripts donated to Israel's National Library

The collection was bequeathed to the library by the family of the late Yehuda Levi Nahum, a Jew with a passion for his Yemenite heritage who immigrated to Israel from Yemen in 1929.

 (L to R): "Book of Hours"; "Wonders of the Creatures and Marvels of Creation"

'101 Treasures': Travel back in time at the National Library of Israel - review

Reading 101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel is like wandering through a fascinating museum where each exhibit has something exciting and unusual to teach you

By MIRIAM KATES LOCK
13/01/2024
Friends Richard Michelson (L) and Leonard Nimoy celebrate Nimoy's 80th birthday in 2011

'Sleeping as Fast as I Can': Jewish spiritual humor - review

Richard Michelson has a profound grasp of Jewish history, of antisemitism and pogroms, of moral teachings and midrash, of sinners and prophets.

 Bettina Farack speaks at the exhibition opening at the Berlin State Library

Library of Lost Books: Tracking down Jewish books stolen by the Nazis

The remarkably well-designed Library of Lost Books website provides an eye-catching and enthralling retelling of the events and the difficulties caused by the rise of the Nazis.

Anne Frank’s diary, ‘Schindler’s List’ among titles at center of major Florida book-ban lawsuit

The case in Escambia County is one of several currently unfolding against local and state book-ban laws — and is not the only one to involve Jewish books.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
10/01/2024

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.

By NERIA BARR
08/01/2024

Wife of husband in reserves gives hope to those at home during the war

Talya Tomer-Schlesinger found herself alone with three children while her husband was in reserves,  so she wrote a book to help children and families talk about their fears.

By NERIA BARR
06/01/2024

'Our Enemies Will Vanish': An up-close look at the Russia-Ukraine War - review

Yaroslav Trofimov provides a compelling, up-close-and-personal account of Ukrainians’ fight for their independence in Europe’s most consequential shooting war since 1945.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
05/01/2024
Hebrew books

Top Jewish books of 2023

The flawed and the complex; the historic and the particular. These are the qualities that I look for in a good book. Below are some of the Jewish books I read and enjoyed in 2023.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
01/01/2024

'Ethics of Our Fighters': Judaism and the moral challenges of warfare

Ethics of Our Fighters has as its background the Jewish reaction to being confronted with the moral challenges of warfare.

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