Books

'My Wanderings in the Gardens': Hansen House, a Jerusalem architectural and cultural gem - review

My Wanderings in the Gardens: The Legacy of Hansen House in Jerusalem is a charming, arresting, evocative, historical, information-laden portrayal of the backdrop to the architectural and cultural ge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2026|ByBARRY DAVIS

HANSEN HOUSE in 1887 when it was still known in German as Jesus’s Help. The vineyard in the front was planted before the building was completed.

GENIE AND Michael Milgrom pose in their home in Miami.

'Voices From The Last Days Of Freedom': Showcasing the pre-communist Cuba we lost - review

Below are some excerpts from the book, which showcases the personal accounts of those who were young children when they fled with – or without – their parents and families as Communism took over.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2026|ByMARION FISCHEL

Wine talk: The grape and the word

In the next few months, some books will be published that should be on every wine professional’s and wine lover’s bookshelf.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2026|ByADAM MONTEFIORE

New National Library of Israel building in Jerusalem, exterior.

National Library of Israel launches memorial book initiative ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary

The initiative will preserve memorial books and personal works created in memory of those killed in combat and those murdered, while making their stories accessible to future generations.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2026|ByYOAV ETIEL

From fake burps to reverse tashlich, new children’s books bring the High Holidays to life

The 2026 High Holiday season brings a new set of Jewish children’s books, with new stories spanning Rosh Hashanah traditions, Yom Kippur apologies and Sukkot celebrations.

AUGUST 8, 2026ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA

New Jewish children's books released for the High Holidays in 2026 include ones about awe, tashlich and apologizing for burping.

AI burns books? Tech giants are buying, shredding books to train smarter chatbots

AI Tech giants have been working on a secret project to buy millions of books and destroy them to feed their new models.

AUGUST 2, 2026ByCORINNE BAUM

Some of the 5 million books in the NLI collection.

'Reclaiming Redemption Vol. II': Tracing Jewish survival from exile to war - book review

Moshe Taragin’s wartime essays argue that Jewish faith is carried not only through ideas, but through the people whose resilience has preserved it across history.

AUGUST 2, 2026ByMARION FISCHEL

THE AUTHOR attempts to place today’s challenges within the broader sweep of Jewish history and Torah.

'The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel': Groundbreaking way to explore the Book of Samuel - review

Koren’s new Samuel does more than explain the biblical text. Through archaeology, maps, manuscripts, and photography, it restores the physical world in which the story unfolded.

AUGUST 2, 2026ByRAFFI CROUSE

HANNAH PRESENTS her infant son Samuel to the high priest Eli, painted by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, c. 1665.

PJ Library founder Harold Grinspoon still reinventing himself at 97

Nearly a century after witnessing the Holocaust and rising antisemitism, philanthropist Harold Grinspoon reflects on Jewish resilience, legacy, and the future at age 97.

JULY 27, 2026ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA

Harold Grinspoon, who launched PJ Library to bring Jewish children's books into the homes of Jewish families, reads to a group of pajama-clad kids in an undated photograph.

'A Life of the Mind': New biography reexamines the mind of Hannah Arendt - review

Recently discovered archival material and underutilized sources in German to illuminate her experiences and ideas, about antisemitism and Zionism as well as philosophy.

JULY 26, 2026ByGLENN C. ALTSCHULER