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Katherine Janus Kahn and Sammy Spider books
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Illustrator of ‘Sammy Spider’ Jewish children’s books dies at 83

by Penny Schwartz October 27, 2025October 27, 2025
"STU," reads the belt buckle on Broke-Ass Stuart, aka Stuart Schuffman, seen here outside San Francisco City Hall. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBooks

From zines to zeitgeist: 20 years of Broke-Ass Stuart, chronicler of the city

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 23, 2025October 23, 2025
Book and author
Posted inBooks

U.S. military base canceled a children’s event celebrating a Jewish cyclist, citing DEI ban

by Andrew Lapin October 21, 2025October 22, 2025
Author László Krasznahorkai
Posted inBooks

Hungarian writer with hidden Jewish roots wins literature Nobel

by Andrew Lapin October 9, 2025October 14, 2025
Holocaust survivors Esther and Zygmunt Binder, the author's parents, in Detroit in 1975. (Courtesy)
Posted inBooks

A little-known Polish story comes to life in bestselling memoir

by Sue Fishkoff October 8, 2025October 9, 2025
Screenshot from “A Letter to David," about hostage David Cunio.
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How books, film and TV seek to make sense of Oct. 7

Chanan TigayMaya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Chanan Tigay and Maya Mirsky October 1, 2025October 1, 2025
prayerbook, shofar and stringed instrument
Posted inReligion

The Kitchen’s new siddur blends Ashkenazi and Sephardic liturgy, a first

by Dan Pine September 29, 2025September 30, 2025
Memorial for victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting
Posted inBooks

Why a historian thinks Jews are in ‘high tide’ of American antisemitism

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 29, 2025September 29, 2025
Steven Pinker is the author, most recently, of "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life." (Christopher Michel)
Posted inBooks

Steven Pinker reflects on his Maimonides moment in a new book

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert September 25, 2025September 25, 2025
Close-up of a finger reading braille text on a textured white paper, emphasizing touch.
Posted inBooks

This library offers free prayer books to blind and disabled Jews

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight September 17, 2025September 18, 2025

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