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This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The World Cup is in full swing. Cristiano Ronaldo, […]

From the cover of “Day of Delight: A Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia” by Maxine Rose Shur, illustrated by Brian Pinkney (Kalaniot Books)
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Local authors examine family legacies, Ethiopian Jews and Holocaust trauma

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight June 16, 2026June 23, 2026
Jane Yolen and book
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Jane Yolen, children’s book author whose ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ became a Holocaust classic, dies at 87

by Penny Schwartz June 15, 2026June 15, 2026
Irvin Ungar is the author of "Reviving the Artist who Fought Hitler: My Life with Arthur Szyk." (Courtesy University of Texas Press)
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The rabbi and antiquarian who made artist Arthur Szyk famous again

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 12, 2026June 12, 2026
Adeena Sussman and Melinna Hanin
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Adeena Sussman’s new cookbook is ‘Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y’ — just like her

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 11, 2026June 11, 2026
Detail from the cover of "Porcupines," a new novel by Fran Fabriczky.
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Porcupines’ bristles with a Hungarian Jewish family’s need for secrets

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 10, 2026June 10, 2026
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A Jewish way to mark the 250th: A close reading of America’s ‘sacred’ texts

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 8, 2026June 8, 2026
Sami Rohr Prize finalists
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Finalists announced for lucrative Jewish literary award

by Lisa Keys June 5, 2026June 5, 2026
Dory Manor (left) and Moshe Sakal
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A new Hebrew press in Berlin argues that Israel doesn’t own the language

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov May 5, 2026May 5, 2026
Three new books draw on Jewish examples in providing advice for would-be protesters. (Crown; Wicked Son; Mariner Books; illustration design by Grace Yagel)
Posted inAnalysis

New books by Jewish authors revisit the rules of protest in a polarized era

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

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