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Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan has been the subject of a censorship controversy in Israel (Photo/Isaac Shokal)
Posted inCulture

Author of banned book says she’s still optimistic about Israeli democracy

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 10, 2017November 10, 2017
From the cover of "Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art"
Posted inCulture

Lavishly illustrated volume offers full picture of activist artist Arthur Szyk

by Jewish Book Council November 9, 2017November 10, 2017
From the cover of "The Book of Separation," a new memoir by Tova Mirvis
Posted inColumns

Tales of divorce: seven years of Talmud + new Tova Mirvis memoir

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 2, 2017August 20, 2018
Veteran comics artist Trina Robbins (Photo/Jessica Christian)
Posted inCulture

Veteran of underground comics scene adapts her father’s Yiddish tales

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 31, 2017November 2, 2017
From the cover of "Weddings by the Glass" by Rabbi Marc Rubenstein
Posted inColumns

A rabbi of 3,000 weddings; mindful eating; parenting adult children

by J. Staff October 30, 2017
Daniel Mendelsohn and his father, Jay, on a cruise tracing Odysseus’ mythic journey.
Posted inCulture

A scholarly journey for father, son and Odysseus

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller October 27, 2017October 26, 2017
From the cover of "The Septembers of Shiraz" by Dalia Sofer
Posted inCulture

One Bay One Book returns with Iranian Jewish tale ‘Septembers of Shiraz’

by J. Staff October 25, 2017October 24, 2017
From the audiobook cover of "The Exodus" by Richard Elliott Friedman
Posted inColumns

Two new books anatomize heavy-duty Torah concepts

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 12, 2017August 20, 2018
From the cover of "Hollywood's Spies" by Laura Rosenzweig
Posted inColumns

Spying on Hollywood Nazis; How-to wedding novel; and more new books

by Liz Harris October 11, 2017October 10, 2017
Author Nathan Englander's new novel is "Dinner at the Center of the Earth." (Photo/Joshua Meier)
Posted inCulture

In Israeli-Palestinian tensions, Englander finds fertile ground for new thriller

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller September 20, 2017September 20, 2017

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