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From the cover of "The Very Best Sukkah"
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Book takes Jewish children to ‘The Very Best Sukkah’ — in Uganda

Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder by Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder and Forward October 13, 2022October 13, 2022
an impressionistic painting of people strolling through a town square
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘One Hundred Saturdays’: A survivor’s moving evocation of Rhodes’ prewar Sephardic community

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 6, 2022October 6, 2022
Posted inBooks

6 short books to read this Yom Kippur

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi September 27, 2022November 7, 2022
Dan Alter (left) and M. Evan Wolkenstein are this year's Cowan Writer's Prize recipients.
Posted inBooks

M. Evan Wolkenstein and Dan Alter to receive Cowan Writer’s Prizes today

by J. Staff September 15, 2022November 7, 2022
Sabra, the Israeli superhero who will make her screen debut in the fourth Captain American movie played by Shira Haas, first appeared in 1980’s “Incredible Hulk” No. 256, “Power in the Promised Land!”
Posted inComics

Meet Sabra, Marvel’s Israeli superhero, soon to be played by Shira Haas

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward September 14, 2022September 14, 2022
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner speaking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in DC, June 19, 2017 (Photo/ JTA-Getty Images-Chip Somodevilla)
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Jared Kushner’s memoir is all about forgiveness — but he’s not asking for ours

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward August 25, 2022August 25, 2022
Omer Friedlander is the author of the short story collection "The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land." (Photo/Yam Traiber)
Posted inBooks

Debut short-story collection by young Israeli writer is One Bay One Book choice 

by Sue Fishkoff August 25, 2022November 7, 2022
Andy Borowitz will discuss his new book of political satire, "Profiles in Ignorance," in San Francisco, Sept. 17, 2022. (Photo/Howard Schatz)
Posted inBooks

Political satirist Andy Borowitz heads to San Francisco to preach to the choir

by Dan Pine August 24, 2022November 7, 2022
From the cover “When Rabbis Abuse: Power, Gender, and Status in the Dynamics of Sexual Abuse in Jewish Culture” by Elana Sztokman
Posted inOff the Shelf

New books shine light on sexual abuse in Jewish world

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 23, 2022August 24, 2022
Background illustration by Josh Baum, from "Malkah's Notebook"
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Children’s books by local Jewish authors educate and delight

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 19, 2022July 23, 2024

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