The Sapir Prize for a Debut Novel was given to Ilana Rudashevski’s Taska, published by Shtaim, which is about a family that immigrates to Israel from the Soviet Union in the ‘70s.
Stephen Games, an independent publisher, related how, following the start of the Israel-Hamas war, there has been "a climate of growing hostility against Jews."
Adeena Sussman’s career has continued to take off since arriving in Israel. To date, she has authored or co-authored 15 cookbooks.
Bylines and Blessings would be especially meaningful for those looking for advice about integrating traditional Jewish values and career ambitions.
While nobody who hasn’t lost a child can fully empathize with the sort of trauma Robinson experienced, any reader can take something of value from the general truths that he expresses so eloquently.
It was her grandfather’s autobiography that provided the basis for her novel Hands of Gold, to which she gives the subtitle One Man’s Quest to Find the Silver Lining in Misfortune.
Providence and Power is bookended by portraits of King David and, in the penultimate chapter, Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin.
The governor endorsed a proposed law that would let districts impose a $100 fee on parents who object to more than five books.
A glimpse into the world of the veteran ‘Magazine’ book reviewer Glenn C. Altschuler.
It’s refreshing to know that in this sometimes impersonal world in which we live, there are people out there like Gemma Levine who really care.