Book review
'Agents of Change': American Jews and the transformation of Israeli Judaism - review
From gender roles to religious authority, American-trained leaders transformed key debates in Israeli Judaism.
'The Wisdom of Truth': Reaching the attic with a ladder to the Zohar - review
Inside Israel’s secret operation to turn Hezbollah’s beepers into bombs - exclusive
Inside Jerusalem’s 1948 siege through the eyes of a child who survived the Old City’s fall
'Takeover': A look at pre-Nazi Germany's last months of democracy - review
The author takes the reader through these last months of democracy, minute by minute, day by day, blow by blow.
'Beyond Borders': The story of a fighting Jew - interview
Rudi Haymann highlighted details about the masses of survivors and displaced people not often discussed in the Holocaust.
'Kissing Girls on Shabbat': A frank memoir of a woman's inner turmoil - review
Kissing Girls on Shabbat is a ruthlessly frank memoir of her inner turmoil, trying to live the expected married life with a self-absorbed Gur Hassid.
'Books Like Sapphires': A jewel of a collection - review
Brandeis University has just issued Books Like Sapphires, written by Ann Brener, who highlights a selection of the books in the Library of Congress.
‘Rebecca of Ivanhoe’: Alison Bass’s Jewish sequel to Sir Walter Scott’s classic - review
This sequel to Sir Walter Scott’s classic dares to continue a beloved tale and weaves a rich tapestry of intrigue, romance, and personal discovery that stands proudly on its own.
'We Are Black Jews': The courageous journey of Ethiopian Jews to Israel - review
Scattered across northern and northwestern Ethiopia in small villages, the Beta Israel lived alongside Christian and Muslim neighbors for over 2,000 years, resisting conversion.
What happens in Gaza, Israel the day after? Lessons from Soviet Jewry - opinion
“The day after” Gazans can take a page from the once impoverished Jewish survivors.
IDF spokesperson to show archaeological proof of Jewish indigeneity to Israel in new book
IDF Maj. Doron Spielman summed up his book "When Stones Speak" thusly: The proof that we have pulled out of the ground shows without a doubt that Jews are indigenous to Jerusalem and Israel.
'Netanyahu’s Israel': A look at the best and worst of the longtime prime minister - review
Jotam Confino gives his readers both the best and the worst of the man in a work that throws light into some dark corners and is very well worth the study.
'A Winning Move': Spy thriller weaves personal drama into Yom Kippur War history - review
"A further nail-biting episode follows as the Mossad tries to discover the date on which Sadat’s attack is planned to take place."
