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A scene from the soon-to-be-released movie based on "Holy Lands." Courtesy of Samantha Hellmann
February 5, 2019, 5:36 pm
A Pig Farm In Israel Is The Backdrop For This Family Drama
'Holy Lands,' by best-selling French author, Amanda Sthers, capitalizes on one thing Jews and Muslims seem to agree on: pigs.
By Sandee Brawarsky
“I spent 54 years being wrong about my identity,” Shapiro says. Maren
January 29, 2019, 3:42 pm
‘I Never Dreamt That I Was The (Family) Secret’
Dani Shapiro’s memoir ‘Inheritance’ raises big questions about identity, nature and nurture.
By Sandee Brawarsky
www.girlfromthetrain.com
January 25, 2019, 10:36 am
‘The Girl From The Train’ Book Review
Irma Joubert delivers an eye-opening story about love, identity and the formation of eternal bonds.
By Joanie Dweck
Maxine Rosaler. Courtesy of Ann Slavit
January 23, 2019, 8:08 pm
Author Maxine Rosaler Gets Real About The Pressure Of Being An Autism Mom
New Normal Editor Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer speaks with the author of "Queen For A Day."
By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Blacksburg, Virginia. Wikimedia Commons
January 22, 2019, 6:12 pm
Poetry And Prayer In Appalachia
A conversation with Erika Meitner, recipient of the 2018 National Jewish Book Award for poetry.
By Sandee Brawarsky
January 17, 2019, 1:01 pm
Joyce Carol Oates To Get Jerusalem Prize
Prestigious literary honor goes to writer whose ‘work is characterized by an unmistakable voice.’
By Sandee Brawarsky
Closeup of American author Chaim Potok (1929 - 2002) leaning his face on his hand in a beret, 1970s. Getty Images
January 16, 2019, 9:30 am
Potok, The Playwright
By Sandee Brawarsky
Alfred Moses (R) greets Former U.S. President Bill Clinton at an American Jewish Committee annual meeting in Washington DC. in 2005. Getty Images
January 14, 2019, 1:45 pm
How Moses Helped Bring Jews To Freedom. From Romania
A memoir by Alfred Moses, former U.S. ambassador to Romania, describes his advocacy work on behalf of a beleaguered  Jewish community.
By Steve Lipman
Come Back for Me cover photo / Sharon Green
January 14, 2019, 11:10 am
Come Back for Me
Read an EXCLUSIVE excerpt from the novel about a holocaust survivor by Sharon Hart-Green.
By Sharon Hart-Green
A spoonful of empathy: Camilla Nagler and Amos Oz. Courtesy of Camilla Nagler
January 9, 2019, 9:29 am
Amos Oz’s Values Live On In Sweden
By Sandee Brawarsky
Historian and author, Yuval Noah Harari and his latest book, "21 Lessons For The 21st Century And Beyond." Youtube/ Penguin Random House
January 7, 2019, 4:37 pm
The Logical Shortcomings Of Yuval Harari’s ‘Lessons’
Clever writing, but ‘21 Lessons For The 21st Century’ doesn’t hold up.
By Scott A. Shay
January 7, 2019, 12:46 pm
Powerful Narratives To Consider In 2019
By Jacob Strier
December 31, 2018, 2:05 pm
The Lyrical Wizardry Of Oz
Amos Oz’s fiction is forever, while reality left his politics behind.
By Thane Rosenbaum
President Reuven Rivlin delivers a speech during a memorial service for late writer Amos Oz on December 31, 2018 in Tel Aviv (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) Via Times of Israel
December 31, 2018, 12:36 pm
Rivlin Eulogizes Author Amos Oz: ‘You Weren’t Afraid To Be Called A Traitor’
President pays tribute to his childhood friend, whose writing, he says, ‘lit the streetlights to show the reality of our lives here’
By Times of Israel Staff and Agencies
Israeli author Amos Oz (L) receives the Prince of Asturias Award Laureate for Letters from Spain's Prince Felipe during a ceremony at the Campoamor Theater in the northern Spanish city of Oviedo, 26 October 2007. Getty Images
December 28, 2018, 12:32 pm
Amos Oz, A ‘Saintly Intellectual’ Who Turned Israel’s National Reality Into Art
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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