In 'Where We Keep the Light,' the swing-state Democrat provides the most intimate look yet at the centrality of Judaism to his understanding of the world ...

Jewish Book Council: What is Nu Reads, and why was it created? Tova Mirvis: Nu Reads is a bimonthly book subscription series curated by the Jewish Book Council that brings outstanding Jewish ...

Authentic dialogue, he writes, requires that each party be allowed to speak for themself (so, for example, Christian educators should not be the primary source of information about Judaism for their ...

Pioneering educational project has been endorsed by Germany's antisemitism commissioner and is scheduled for publication in ...

In the 1970s, my parents and all the Jewish parents I knew had what I came to call the Jewish Bookshelf. On it sat “The Source” by James Michener, “Exodus” by Leon Uris, “The Chosen” by Chaim Potok, ...

This list of books with Jewish main characters will help you discover exceptional picture books and middle grade books with compelling writing, intriguing stories, and memorable characters. If you’re ...

A Woman Is Responsible for Everything looks at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life.

(RNS) — You know when people list their relationship status on Facebook as “it’s complicated”? For many Jews, this phrase defines their relationship with their Jewish identity. While our relationship ...

A century ago, Fanny Goldstein, a Russian-Jewish immigrant working as a librarian at the Boston Public Library, noticed Jewish visitors rarely checked out books about their own culture. With her ...

The JCC Jewish Book Festival returns this month with a lineup that merges literature, history, memoir, food, music and visual culture. Now in its 41st year, the festival runs from February 21 to 26. A ...

(JTA) — Anna is a misunderstood sixth-grade girl who communicates with the ghosts of her Jewish ancestors. Teased by her ...

Partisan Song” tells how a Jewish engineer from Ukraine became a guerilla war hero. His music will be heard for the first time in 83 years.