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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
Daniela Gerson is the author of 'The Wanderers.' (Kait Lavo via JTA)
May 16, 2026, 4:09 am
Author tracing family’s Holocaust survival finds partner’s ancestors took same path
Daniela Gerson says that like her grandparents, most of the 300,000 Polish Jews who lived through the war were not in camps, ghettos or forests, but in the mountains of Siberia
By Shira Li Bartov
Three new books draw on Jewish examples in providing advice for would-be protesters. (Crown; Wicked Son; Mariner Books; illustration design by Grace Yagel/ JTA)
May 5, 2026, 1:23 am
Jewish authors borrow from the past in new ‘mini-genre’ of ‘how-to’ activism literature
Arriving at a moment of protest fatigue and political polarization, three books for would-be dissidents draw on a long tradition of making good trouble
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
British author Howard Jacobson (Courtesy)
May 2, 2026, 7:06 am
With gallows humor, UK author Howard Jacobson takes on post-Oct. 7 ‘bloodlust’ for Jews
A Jewish teacher slowly unravels as he sees the world’s reaction to the barbarity of Hamas’s assault, in new novel ‘Howl,’ that finds the comically absurd in today’s darkest events
By Robert Philpot
Ilustrative: Jewish book lovers gather at the Jewish Book Council's offices in Manhattan, July 19, 2023. (Gabe Friedman/JTA)
April 11, 2026, 5:58 am
42 US Jewish authors slam Jewish Book Council’s bias toward ‘Israeli and Zionist voices’
Open letter claims that showcasing pro-Israel voices after Oct. 7 gives ‘the false impression that Jewish books are inherently Zionist’
By Andrew Lapin
Historian and author Simon Schama (Tim Kirby/Oxford Film and Television)
April 8, 2026, 8:29 am
Historian Simon Schama: With parts of London ‘no-go zones,’ Jews have lost basic civil rights
Amid violent attacks throughout the UK, the acclaimed British author finds antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment increasingly normalized. He also sees ‘moments of fantastic hope’
By Robert Philpot
Guests at Art and Fashion Café, Warsaw, 1930s. (Public domain via Polish National Digital Archives)
April 7, 2026, 7:48 pm
In glitzy interwar Warsaw, truth meets fiction as 2 young women hunt for missing mentor
In ‘The Last Woman of Warsaw,’ out April 7, author Judy Batalion shows the Jewish diversity of the cosmopolitan city as an odd couple sets out to solve a mystery
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Friedrich Torberg signs a book on April 19, 1951, in Vienna. (Public domain)
April 3, 2026, 4:43 pm
A lost 1943 novel envisioned the still-unfolding Holocaust. Now, it has been recovered
In ‘Vengeance is Mine,’ Austrian refugee Friedrich Torberg painted an accurate picture of Nazi camps, though he’d never been in one. His portrayal is being translated for the first time
By Shira Li Bartov
Noam Ash (left) and Charlie Barnett (right) in the 2026 film 'Bookends,' written by Ash. (Courtesy Noam Ash)
March 6, 2026, 9:24 pm
Jewish screenwriting lab’s first film depicts Holocaust survivor and gay grandson
Roommate comedy ‘Bookends’ is based on writer and star Noam Ash’s experience moving in with his grandparents post-breakup
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Lore Segal gestures during an interview in New York, February 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
January 28, 2026, 4:09 pm
NYC exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a Holocaust child refugee and skeptic of easy truths
‘And That’s True Too,’ on display through April 15, traces the New Yorker contributor’s arc from Kindertransport to the Big Apple, where she dazzled with novels, short stories and kids’ books
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Judea Pearl is the author of the new book, 'Coexistence and Other Fighting Words.' (Courtesy)
December 23, 2025, 4:46 am
Slain journalist Daniel Pearl’s father charts recent ‘Zionophobia’ rise in new book
In ‘Coexistence and Other Fighting Words,’ Judea Pearl tracks post-Oct. 7 denial of Jewish self-determination, defending Israel on multiple fronts, while coining some notable phrases
By Rich Tenorio
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
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 her new book, 'As a Jew,' Sarah Hurwitz argues how Jews can reclaim a tradition that has too often been shaped by others' prejudices and ignorance. (HarperOne via JTA)
October 15, 2025, 4:24 am
Sarah Hurwitz wants Diaspora Jews to stop apologizing and reclaim their story
In her new book ‘As a Jew,’ the former White House speechwriter confronts the challenges of appreciating Jewish tradition at a time of rising antisemitism and a polarizing debate over Israel
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Journalist and author of 'French Victims of Hamas,' Rachel Binhas, in Paris, June 2025. (Robert Sarner)
October 9, 2025, 3:01 am
Journalist explores France’s eerily telling response to its citizens’ murders on Oct. 7
With ‘French Victims of Hamas: Their Story, Our Silence,’ Rachel Binhas shines a light on local victims of the slaughter and her country’s disturbing reactions to the tragedy
By Robert Sarner
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