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'This Jewish Moment' author Michael Posner in Toronto, August 2026. (Robert Sarner)
October 8, 2026, 3:54 pm
Diaspora Jews predict their own decline and fall in new post-Oct. 7 oral history
Released on third anniversary of cataclysmic massacre, ‘This Jewish Moment’ by Canadian author Michael Posner captures zeitgeist of North American Jews in their own words. It’s not pretty.
By Robert Sarner
Jewish world, real estate and archaeology reporter Zev Stub appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
October 4, 2026, 2:15 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 4 – In Bnei Brak, poverty, density and religious needs reshape real estate
Reporter Zev Stub discusses the housing and office market in Israel’s largest Haredi city, essays from Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, and ritual baths discovered near the Temple Mount
By Jessica Steinberg and Zev Stub
Former hostage Shoshan Haran speaks about being taken captive in video for an Open University award on May 29, 2025 (Courtesy)
October 3, 2026, 8:04 am
Former hostage Shoshan Haran waged peace as Hamas turned plowshares into swords
Written from the perspective of a pre-Oct. 7 left-wing activist, ‘Mission in Captivity’ chronicles her captors’ psyche after 20 years of terrorist rule — and lists two conditions that may save Gazans
By Bernard Dichek
Author Helene Wecker. (Sheldon Wecker)
September 26, 2026, 7:54 am
Golem and Jinni bid bittersweet goodbye in final book of gripping fantasy trilogy
In long-awaited ‘The Gates of Midnight,’ author Helene Wecker moves mystical action ahead to eventful 1930 and explores legacy of Jewish immigration and assimilation in America
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Rabbi Noa Kushner, founding rabbi of The Kitchen in San Francisco, is the author of 'Pretend You Believe: How to Enter Religion.' (Schocken via JTA)
September 20, 2026, 7:47 pm
We need religion, writes rabbi in her new book, but it’s not there to make our lives better
Noa Kushner urges Jews to stop asking what Judaism can do for them and start asking what it means to enter into a relationship with God in ‘Pretend You Believe,’ on shelves Oct. 13
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Marion and David Weiss with their son Eugene. (Courtesy)
September 19, 2026, 7:50 am
Jewish geneticist finds mutation behind sudden deaths that haunted her family for decades
In ‘The Dressmaker’s Mirror,’ Susan Weiss Liebman recounts how supposed freak accidents hid an inherited heart condition – and the implications for Ashkenazi Jews and genetic testing
By Lianne Kolirin
'The Myth of Aging,' by Dr. Arnold Gilberg. (Courtesy)
September 13, 2026, 9:14 am
Pushing 90, this golden age rabbi has written the book on getting older — gratefully
Dr. Arnold Gilberg, a psychiatrist who got rabbinical ordination in his late 70s, draws on science and his own life to make the case for staying engaged, connected and curious with age
By Rich Tenorio
Manhattan synagogues featured in 'My Year in New York Synagogues' by Andrew Waxman include, clockwise from top left: Congregation Shearith Israel, Sutton Place Synagogue, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, Park East Synagogue, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Park Avenue Synagogue, Congregation Or Zarua and Congregation Emanu-El. (All images Wikimedia Commons; design by Grace Yagel/ JTA)
September 7, 2026, 2:17 am
New ‘Yelp guide for synagogues’ in Manhattan showcases Big Apple’s Jewish diversity
Andrew Waxman attended a different service weekly for his book ‘My Year in New York Synagogues,’ and found much more to review than just the after-prayer kiddush spreads
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Author Dara Horn in a promotional video for her Tell Institute. (screenshot)
September 3, 2026, 5:16 am
Dara Horn tackles enduring antisemitic lies head-on with optimistic ‘Final Solution’
Inundated by readers sharing painful personal experiences, author of ‘People Love Dead Jews’ parses the hateful phenomenon and proposes an innovative educational fix
By Renee Ghert-Zand
'Playmakers,' by author Michael Kimmel. (Courtesy)
September 1, 2026, 2:37 am
Toy story: From teddy bears to Tiddlywinks, how Jews helped shape American childhood
New book ‘Playmakers’ by sociologist Michael Kimmel looks at how children of Jewish immigrants built the dolls, games, books and comics that became cultural touchstones in the US
By Rich Tenorio
Meg Keene is helming Meg Keene Books, a new fiction imprint from Wicked Son, a Jewish publisher. (Courtesy Keene via JTA)
July 30, 2026, 4:57 pm
Feeling excluded in the literary world, US Jews launch their own publishing houses
Backlash against Jewish authors post-Oct. 7 inspires new initiatives, as many in the industry believe the situation is so dire that Jews need their own distribution pathways
By PHILISSA CRAMER
On July 28, at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, Amit Tibon will receive the 2026 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for his memoir, 'The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands.' (©Ofir Berman/Courtesy Stribe via JTA)
July 24, 2026, 4:26 pm
Award-winning writer Amir Tibon readies to return to kibbutz where his family survived Oct. 7
As he accepts the Sami Rohr Prize for his memoir and prepares to move back home to Nahal Oz after three years as an evacuee, the Haaretz journalist talks about what still gives him hope
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Political strategist and author of 'The Hidden Hand,' Warren Kinsella. (Dave Gordon)
July 12, 2026, 4:38 am
Coordinated anti-Israel propaganda campaign blindsided the West after Oct. 7, author says
In ‘The Hidden Hand,’ veteran political strategist Warren Kinsella claims that ‘spontaneous outrage’ on the streets is actually being planned by state actors and professional agitators
By Dave Gordon
A cartoon from the July 4, 1900 issue of Puck, title 'No Envy,' shows stereotypically dressed Jews enjoying a building fire. (Courtesy NYU Press via JTA)
July 7, 2026, 1:03 pm
Scholar unpacks slur that early US Jewish immigrants were arsonists — and why it stuck
Jeffrey Marx’s new history, ‘Jewish Firebug,’ puts new light on an old trope as newcomers are again being blamed for economic and social ills and antisemitism reaches new highs
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The Hasmonea Lwow team in 1924. Zygmunt Steuermann is standing on the far left. (Public domain)
July 4, 2026, 3:43 pm
‘Digging Deep’ for legacies, author finds missing Jewish soccer players killed in Holocaust
David Bolchover’s dark detective journey unearths a star footballing ‘team’ whose memories were erased by the Nazis, and shows that the dearth of Jewish greats in the sport today is no accident
By Lianne Kolirin
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