Arts

By Meira Bienstock Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have a notoriously contentious relationship, but that won’t be a factor come Jan. 29-30. That’s when the Merriam...

The Jewish Book Council announced the winners of the National Jewish Book Awards on Jan. 15, selected by more than 100 judges from various...

“Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy” begins with a series of images and sounds: An aerial view of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Documents....

“How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish” Edited by Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert Restless Books “Radical, dangerous and sexy.” This is not the tagline for...

“The Topeka School” Ben Lerner Farrar, Strauss and Giroux Early on in “The Topeka School,” a new novel by Ben Lerner, two Jewish psychologists have a discussion...

For decades, Joyce Ferder Rankin bore witness to humanity’s destruction as a war correspondent. But nothing ever shocked her quite like seeing the state of...

Never attended Hebrew school. Never had a bar mitzvah. Never fasted for a High Holiday. And if his mother ever made matzoh ball soup,...

For someone who called himself the third-best writer in his own family, Stan Hochman left a significant mark in Philadelphia. The longtime Philadelphia Daily News...

By Gabe Friedman / JTA As always, the Golden Globes was a coming together of some of Hollywood’s biggest Jewish talents. There weren’t many Jewish award...

You’ve seen Chanukah-time Adam Sandler before, but never like this. Actually, though the latest from the Safdie brothers, Josh and Benny, opened nationally on Christmas...