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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
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, author of 'Something We Said: Richard Pryor: A Notorious Word, And Me.' (Isabella Dellolio Photography via JTA)
June 12, 2026, 2:49 pm
Richard Pryor wrestled with the N-word. His Jewish daughter explores how it shaped her life
In her new memoir ‘Something We Said,’ Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor delves into her childhood, Black and Jewish identities, and the racism and antisemitism that continue to shape American life
By Andrew Lapin
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
Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer are the co-authors of 'Inheritance: Love, Loss and the Legacy of the Holocaust.'(Rutgers University Press via JTA)
April 22, 2026, 4:11 pm
Son of Holocaust survivors and granddaughter of a Nazi confront their separate inheritances
Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer forge unlikely partnership to pen ‘Inheritance,’ a memoir about his family’s harrowing escape from the death machine her grandfather was committed to
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A 2015 image of Rachel Goldberg-Polin and her son, Hersh. (Courtesy)
April 21, 2026, 12:12 pm
Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s new memoir piercingly articulates the ordeal of losing a son
‘When We See You Again’ is a dive into ‘The Before’ and ‘The After’ of life as mother to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the 23-year-old taken hostage by Hamas terrorists and murdered in captivity
By Jessica Steinberg
Marc Shaiman is the author of a new memoir, 'Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner.' (Robert Trachtenberg via JTA)
February 21, 2026, 2:28 am
In new memoir, acclaimed ‘Hairspray’ composer tells a showbiz story shaped by Jewish humor
In ‘Never Mind the Happy,’ Tony winner and 7-time Oscar nominee Marc Shaiman recounts collaborations with Bette Midler and Rob Reiner, and the musical liberties he took at his bar mitzvah
By Stephen Silver
Rachel Goldberg and Jonathan Polin, parents of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, attend a demonstration by the families of the hostages taken captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, August 29, 2024, days before their son's body was recovered by Israeli forces on August 31, with indications that he had been killed within 48 hours of its recovery. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
January 15, 2026, 6:36 pm
Rachel Goldberg-Polin publishing memoir on grief-filled journey after son’s abduction
‘When We See You Again’ slated to come out in April, with Random House saying Hersh’s mother ‘gives voice to the broken as she pours her pain, love and longing onto the page’
By Hillel Italie
Archaeologist Thomas Levy with his new memoir 'The Boomer Archaeologist,' in Jerusalem in September 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
December 6, 2025, 2:01 pm
New graphic memoir traces how archaeology – and US academia – evolved over 50 years
In ‘The Boomer Archaeologist,’ UC San Diego Prof. Thomas Levy presents the story of his American dream, passion for research and love for Israel, while digging across the world
By Rossella Tercatin
Derek Shulman. (Courtesy)
November 14, 2025, 12:33 pm
Jewish rocker who discovered Bon Jovi charts journey from stage to boardroom
With memoir ‘Giant Steps,’ Derek Shulman sounds off on a career that saw him play with Elton John, get snubbed by the Beach Boys and sign some of the greatest acts in music history
By Jordan Hoffman
Hungarian-American chess grandmaster Susan Polgar. (Renata Goreczki)
October 25, 2025, 8:06 am
Skewering antisemites and sexists, a chess queen recounts her journey to the top
In new memoir, ‘Rebel Queen,’ Hungarian Jewish grandmaster Susan Polgar details attacking the forces that tried, and failed, to put her in check on the way to becoming a world champion
By Rich Tenorio
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, accompanied by his wife Lori Shapiro, speaks during a news conference after Cody Balmer, who set fire to Shapiro's residence, pled guilty to attempted murder and other charges, on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
October 21, 2025, 4:11 pm
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro to publish memoir, amid ’28 presidential speculation
Democrat who often speaks of Jewish identity was vilified for pro-Israel views when considered as Kamala Harris’s running mate, and was later targeted in a Passover arson attack
By Agencies
'Ruth in Boaz's Field,' by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1828. (Public domain)
June 2, 2025, 7:59 am
With echoes of Book of Ruth, author chronicles 7 women’s remarkable journeys to faith
This Shavuot, read Kelsey Osgood’s ‘Godstruck,’ a reflection on her own unexpected Orthodox conversion to Judaism as well as the conversions of six others to a diverse array of religions
By Rich Tenorio
Left to right: Huguette Müller, and Marion Müller at the French resort village of Théoule-sur-Mer in 1943. (Courtesy of Tim Judah)
March 25, 2025, 5:44 am
In Nazi-occupied French Alps, a doctor risked death to save a Jewish girl. Why didn’t others?
Newly published ‘Two Sisters’ is a family memoir that goes back and forth in time to examine motivations for resistance and questions of morality in Vichy France
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Etta Shiber, seen in a publicity photo for the 1943 book 'Paris-Underground,' and Kate Bonnefous, shown in 1940, were friends and unlikely heroes of the early French resistance. (Courtesy Ballantine Books via JTA)
March 12, 2025, 6:08 am
Two friends defied the Nazis. Then one woman ‘wrote’ a book that betrayed the other
In ‘Paris Undercover,’ author Matthew Goodman digs up the truth behind a successful ‘memoir’ that played fast and loose with facts as one of its subjects sat in Nazi prison
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wave as they disembark Air Force One upon their arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport on May 22, 2017, as part of his first trip overseas. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
October 6, 2024, 6:58 pm
Melania: Smacking Trump’s hand in Israel wasn’t sign of marital ire
In memoir, former US first lady claims viral slap was simply because there wasn’t room on the red carpet for her together with her husband and Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
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