Books

Between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, two nations lay claim to the same green valleys, the same cities and the same deserts....

Hallee Adelman debuted her children’s book, “Way Past Mad,” at a launch party on Feb. 29 at Children’s Book World in Haverford. The book...

“Still” Rebecca E. Bender and Kenneth M. Bender North Dakota State University Press “Still” traces a multigenerational Jewish family who fled Odessa for North Dakota where they...

“Young Heroes of the Soviet Union” Alex Halberstadt Random House It’s appropriate that Alex Halberstadt’s new memoir, “Young Heroes of the Soviet Union,” is shaped in many...

“Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food” Edited by Aaron S. Gross, Jody Meyers and Jordan D. Rosenblum New York University Press It seems...

By Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic Which one of these things is not like the other? “The Magician of Lublin” “The Dybbuk” “Tevye the Dairyman” “Harry Potter and the...

Hallee Adelman Launches Second Book Author Hallee Adelman has released her second book — a children’s book entitled “Way Past Mad,” which is the first...

If you’ve flipped on NBC10 in the last 25 years, you’ve seen Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz sweeping his arm over satellite images and telling you...

“Facing Survival” David Kassan USC Fisher Museum of Art In his collection “Testimony: The United States (1885–1915), Recitative,” Charles Reznikoff took real courtroom testimonies describing all manner...

By Gabe Friedman / JTA As of Feb. 7, the first book in the Harry Potter series is available in Yiddish. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s...