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Israel's hit television show, 'Shababnikim.' (Ohad Romano)

Times of Israel Presents

Tough women, bad boys and theater cocktails to be featured in Jerusalem events

TOI’s summer season of English events showcases something for everyone -- television, the stage and books. Tickets now available

June 15, 2018, 11:21 am

Tough women, bad boys and theater cocktails to be featured in Jerusalem events

TOI’s summer season of English events showcases something for everyone -- television, the stage and books. Tickets now available

By TOI staff

Sarah Tuttle-Singer and her kids. (Courtesy)

June 12, 2018, 1:06 pm

An author comes of age in Jerusalem’s Old City

With this excerpt, Sarah Tuttle-Singer invites Times of Israel readers to the June 18 Israeli launch of her new book, 'Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered'

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Sarah Tuttle-Singer, and the cover of her new book, 'Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered.' (Courtesy)

June 5, 2018, 10:26 am

Let me tell you how I met the love of my life

With this excerpt, Sarah Tuttle-Singer invites Times of Israel readers to the June 18 Israeli launch of her new book, 'Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered'

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Anne Frank, aged 12, at her school desk in Amsterdam, 1941. (Courtesy, Beyond the Story)

May 4, 2018, 1:20 am

Sleuths probing betrayal of Anne Frank snag a book deal

HarperCollins buys rights to story of investigative team looking into decades-long mystery over how the Jewish family's attic hideout in Amsterdam was discovered in 1944

By AP

Prof. Steven Pinker receiving an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University. (Simon Fraser University)

April 21, 2018, 10:02 am

Political correctness is not in this best-selling pop-scientist’s vast lexicon

Prof. Steven Pinker has irked more than a few with his pull-no-punches tone and demand for hard data -- but beneath the tough exterior lies an unapologetic optimist

By JP O’ Malley

Forged papers of Zivia Lubetkin. (Courtesy Agnes Grunwald-Spier)

April 21, 2018, 4:49 am

Women’s experience in Holocaust is focus of new book by survivor turned scholar

On the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, British Agnes Grunwald-Spier calls attention to the women who fought to help the Jewish people survive

By Rich Tenorio

Correspondent George Stephanopoulos, left, appears with former FBI director James Comey, for a taped interview that was due to air during a prime time "20/20" special on April 15, 2018, on the ABC Television Network. (Ralph Alswang/ABC via AP)

April 15, 2018, 9:31 pm

Trump rages against Comey ahead of ex-FBI director’s interview about new book

'Worst FBI Director in history, by far,'' tweets US president in series of angry posts insisting he never asked for loyalty

By Catherine Lucey

Chessy Prout, the author of 'I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope,' talks during an interview, March 6, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

April 15, 2018, 4:24 pm

A high schooler just wrote the book on surviving campus sexual assault

Despite the odds stacked against rape survivors, Chessy Prout, with journalist Jenn Abelson, shares the story of her pursuit of justice as she advocates for school accountability

By Cathryn J. Prince

April 9, 2018, 11:34 pm

Holocaust survivors sue Polish publisher over pro-Nazi propaganda books

Plaintiffs launch civil lawsuit against Katmar for publishing books by SS officer praising Hitler, without a forward contextualizing their content

By AFP

Clockwise, from top left, covers for 'Search for the Shamir' (Kar-Ben); 'The Passover Parrot' (Kar-Ben); 'The Spy Who Played Baseball' (Kar-Ben); and 'Paulie’s Passover Predicament (Kar-Ben). (All cover art via JTA)

March 28, 2018, 7:32 pm

Fresh children’s books perfect for Passover gifts

A blossoming reading list with a diverse array of holiday and Jewish-themed adventures for the whole family

By Penny Schwartz

'Mapping the Bones' is the third Holocaust-themed book by Jane Yolen. (Penguin Random House/Jason Stemple/via JTA)

March 17, 2018, 5:42 am

Author of ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ pens new young adult Holocaust novel

30 years ago, Jane Yolen wrote what turned out to be a bestselling educational hit. Now, hundreds of books later, the 79-year-old author has one for today's teens

By Penny Schwartz

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks during a conference in Tel Aviv, on February 7, 2018. (Flash90)

March 15, 2018, 1:50 pm

In upcoming autobiography, Olmert derides hedonistic Netanyahus, mocks PM’s hair

In excerpts from tell-all tome, former PM reflects on prison life and the Second Lebanon War, takes aim at former aide 'junior typist' Shula Zaken

By Sue Surkes

Holocaust survivor Sala Kirschner in a trailer, published March 10, 2012, to a book about letters she concealed from the Nazis titled "Sala's Gift." (Screen capture: YouTube)

March 15, 2018, 12:33 pm

Holocaust survivor whose hidden letters became a book dies at 94

Polish native Sala Kirschner concealed hundreds of photos and cards from Nazis in Auschwitz, kept them secret for decades before making them public

By JTA

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai at the mobile library. (photo credit: Malovani Israel)

March 13, 2018, 6:36 pm

UK’s Independent ranks Tel Aviv as top literary town

Known for its collection of poets, streets named for literary lights, and beaches with lending libraries, the city by the sea ranks high for readers

By Jessica Steinberg

Prof. Jeremy Dauber, author of 'Jewish Comedy: A Serious History.' (Courtesy)

March 11, 2018, 6:16 am

From Sholem Aleichem to ‘Broad City,’ scholar presents tradition of Jewish humor

Speaking at London's Jewish Book Week on Sunday, Prof. Jeremy Dauber takes a serious look at a culture's rich history of comedy

By Anne Joseph