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Jewish literature

Friedrich Torberg
Posted inBooks

A lost novel from 1943 predicted the Holocaust. Now, it has been recovered.

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

(JTA) — As World War II raged in Europe, Friedrich Torberg, an Austrian Jew who fled for the United States in 1940, imagined what was befalling the Jews he left […]

“Neshama,” by Marcella Pixley
Posted inBooks

Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature

by Penny Schwartz January 27, 2026January 27, 2026
Sasha Vasilyuk's debut novel, "Your Presence Is Mandatory," is about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran with a terrible secret. (Bloomsbury)
Posted inBooks

S.F. novelist’s debut set in war-torn Ukraine wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
The National Endowment for the Arts logo on the building that houses its offices in Washington, D.C. (F Delventhal via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Trump’s cuts are a war on Jewish literature, thought and history itself

by Aviya Kushner May 7, 2025May 7, 2025
From the cover of "Antiquities" by Cynthia Ozick.
Posted inBooks

Dwell in the past with 2 new books, including Cynthia Ozick’s latest

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 12, 2021June 9, 2021
Philip Roth with Allegra the cat, Manhattan, 1959. (Photo/Courtesy W.W. Norton & Company)
Posted inBooks

Highly anticipated Philip Roth biography delivers the goods

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 31, 2021March 31, 2021
Detail from the cover of “The Slaughterman’s Daughter” by Yaniv Iczkovits.
Posted inBooks

Jewish literature takes a turn toward adventure in two recent novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 19, 2021March 31, 2021
Author Emma Wolf's novel "Heirs of Yesterday" is in print once more with a new edition.
Posted inCulture

Early S.F. author Emma Wolf, ‘mother of American Jewish fiction,’ gets a new reprint 120 years later

by Liz Harris February 28, 2021February 28, 2021
(Collage/JTA-Alma)
Posted inBooks

9 writers who perfectly capture what it’s like for Jews of color

Nylah Burton by Nylah Burton and JTA March 29, 2019March 29, 2019
Michael David Lukas, author of "The Last Watchman of Old Cairo"
Posted inBooks

Local author of ‘Watchman of Old Cairo’ wins National Jewish Book Award

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 9, 2019January 31, 2019

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