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Dory Manor, left, and Moshe Sakal of new Hebrew publishing house Altneuland. (Courtesy via JTA)
May 6, 2026, 8:14 am
New Hebrew press in Berlin seeks to build literary home outside of Israel
Founders of Altneuland, the first such publishing house since the Jewish state’s inception, embrace Israeli writers – and readers – while spurning government funding
By Shira Li Bartov
Peter Beinart speaks at a rally to release Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, who'd been detained by ICE after his involvement in pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activism, on March 20, 2025, at Foley Square in New York City. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images via JTA)
April 24, 2026, 11:24 am
Far-left author Peter Beinart’s ‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza’ wins PEN award
Beinart, an opponent of Jewish statehood who has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, wins PEN America Literary Award for nonfiction
By Grace Gilson
Jean Meltzer, author of 'The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah.' (Courtesy)
December 19, 2025, 10:02 am
Let Jean Meltzer’s new Hanukkah-themed romance put the spark in your Festival of Lights
The American Jewish author and onetime rabbinical student adds to the winter holiday canon with ‘The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah,’ the People of the Book’s answer to ‘A Christmas Carol’
By Rich Tenorio
From left: Authors Tova Mirvis and Maya Arad, with Jewish Book Council CEO Naomi Firestone-Teeter, at right. (Courtesy/Jewish Book Council)
November 24, 2025, 5:38 am
Jewish book subscription program pushes back against publishing industry antisemitism
Marking the centennial of one of the Jewish Book Council’s foundational programs, ‘Nu Reads’ delivers books bimonthly with aim to boost writers and send a message to publishers
By Luke Tress
Steven J. Zipperstein said his training as a historian helped him separate truth from fiction in writing his biography of Roth. (Yale University Press via JTA)
October 31, 2025, 1:21 am
Philip Roth’s latest biographer wants Jews to read him again — without the guilt
In ‘Philip Roth: Stung by Life,’ Stanford professor Steven Zipperstein argues for the brilliance and relevance of a writer who ‘probed nearly every aspect of contemporary Jewish life’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
In 'Boy from the North Country,' Sam Sussman writes about his mother's real-life romance with Bob Dylan. (Penguin Random House; author photo by Ben Kaplan via JTA)
September 12, 2025, 2:04 pm
Sam Sussman’s novel turns mystery of whether Bob Dylan is his father into ode to his mother
In ‘Boy from the North Country,’ the writer leverages his real-life uncertain paternity into a fictional exploration of his late mother’s wisdom, finding a legacy deeper than celebrity
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Avner Landes, author of 'The Delegation.' (Courtesy)
July 26, 2025, 7:40 am
The semi-true story of two Soviet Jews sent abroad by Stalin to fundraise during WWII
Avner Landes discusses his new book ‘The Delegation,’ an account of the adventures – and dark fates – of an actor and poet sent to raise money from coreligionists in the West
By Janice Weizman
Writer Sasha Vasilyuk, whose debuty novel, 'Your Presence Is Mandatory,' won the 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature on May 20, 2025 (Credit: Christopher Michel)
May 21, 2025, 11:44 am
Sami Rohr prize awarded for novel about Jewish life in Soviet Union
Writer Sasha Vasilyuk wins 2025 Jewish literature prize for her debut book, ‘Your Presence Is Mandatory’
By Jessica Steinberg
Dara Horn's latest book is a graphic novel featuring a time-traveling talking goat. (Norton Young Readers via JTA)
April 6, 2025, 2:46 am
Dara Horn’s gonzo, time-traveling children’s Passover book wants people to love living Jews
The author of bestseller ‘People Love Dead Jews’ takes readers to the seder tables of historically iconic Jews such as Sigmund Freud in ‘One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
'The Last Dekrepitzer' by National Jewish Book Award winner Howard Langer. (Courtesy/ Barbara Jaffe)
April 2, 2025, 12:23 pm
Fiddling with writing, lawyer pens award-winning book about busking rabbi in NYC
Winning the National Jewish Book Award for his debut novel ‘The Last Dekrepitzer’ at age 74, banjo-playing law prof Howard Langer says it’s not always about writing what you know
By Cathryn J. Prince
This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows "Queen Esther" by John Irving. (Simon & Schuster via AP)
February 6, 2025, 8:23 pm
John Irving’s new novel, ‘Queen Esther,’ touches decades of Israeli history
Book to be released in November tells story of Esther Nacht, Viennese Jew born in 1905 whose life ‘is fated to intersect with Israel’s history’; story closes in Jerusalem, 1981
By AP
In '10/7,' journalist Lee Yaron profiles victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre from a wide range of communities. (Uri Bareket; St. Martin's Press via JTA)
January 23, 2025, 2:56 pm
Young journalist’s accounts of Oct. 7 assault named Jewish book of the year
Jewish Book Council gives top honor to Lee Yaron for her ’10/7: 100 Human Stories’; reporter Amir Tibon wins best autobiography for account of how parents rescued him from attack
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Lisa Barr, author of 'The Goddess of Warsaw.' (Courtesy)
November 30, 2024, 4:24 am
Blacklisted for Israel support, author draws strength from Holocaust survivor grandma
Bestselling writer Lisa Barr – targeted by hecklers and review bombers – vows that though she wants to ‘curl up in a ball’ after Oct. 7, she will ‘fight back constructively’
By Jordana Horn
Zachary Solomon's dystopian novel, 'A Brutal Design,' puts a Jewish protagonist at the center of a deceptive experiment in communal living. (Lanternfish Press via JTA)
February 7, 2024, 4:54 pm
In dark times, is a dystopian Jewish novel just what we need?
Zachary Solomon’s ‘A Brutal Design’ joins a growing body of Jewish speculative fiction as it imagines an alternate world in which the Holocaust and antisemitism are all too real
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
National Jewish Book Awards for the best books of 2023 were presented to works by, from left, Sabrina Orah Mark, Ruth Madievsky, Jeremy Eichler and James McBride. (Random House, Catapult, Knopf, Riverhead via JTA)
January 24, 2024, 9:31 pm
Critic’s account of classical music after the Holocaust named Jewish book of the year
Jeremy Eichler’s ‘Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance’ is joined by many other notable titles at the 73rd annual Jewish Book Awards
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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