Literature
What literature can teach us about the climate crisis
Prof. Itay Marienberg-Milikowsky of Ben-Gurion University argues that the books that matter most for the environment may not be about the environment at all
Remembering Rochelle Furstenberg: A groundbreaking writer, editor, and literary critic
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
Sigalit Gelfand, and the Israeli Institute for Hebrew Literature, which she serves as CEO, will be well and truly in the thick of things.
More than 350 cultural figures slam Spanish festival for canceling Jewish novelist’s invitation
A petition signed by 352 cultural figures accused a Spanish literary festival of undermining free expression after it canceled Jewish Argentine novelist Ariana Harwicz’s appearance.
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.
'Death of a Democracy': Exploring the rise and fall of Weimar Germany - review
Victor Sebestyen has painted a vivid picture of the life and eventual death of Weimar Germany, telling the painful story of Germany between 1918 and 1933.
'My Other Half': Sex, drugs, rock & roll, philosophy, and cynicism - book review
In My Other Half, the hero, Jake, eventually meets an unexpected fate in Jerusalem. Until then, he embarks on a hilarious series of decadent misadventures, some of which appear below.
'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.
PEN America president resigns after report warns of threats to Jewish, Israeli authors
“It’s the First Amendment that allows all of us to engage in boycotts, not PEN America,” Mengestu told the Atlantic. “PEN America as a free expression organization is supposed to defend that right.
'Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land': America’s relationship with the Torah - review
The language America reaches for, at its best moments and its worst, has always been ours. Not borrowed. Ours. We wrote the story it keeps retelling. We are still here to see how it ends.
'Stalin’s Apostles': The Cambridge Five and the lost world of Jewish Communism - review
From elite universities to Soviet handlers, the Cambridge Five helped Stalin penetrate Britain’s security and decision-making core.
'Engaging the Essence': The Lubavitcher Rebbe as philosopher - review
While the Rebbe did not write a system, he spoke to occasions for 40 years. Bronstein anchors the structure of the Rebbe’s talks in his first discourse of 1951.
