Jewish authors in Northern California have been busy writing memoirs, historical fiction and children’s books.

The book offers a harsh critique of the American Jewish community’s relationship with Israel and response to the war in Gaza.

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 ...

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 ...

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl discusses her new book at the opening of the Jewish Book and Arts Festival opening night. Credit: Mark Katz Already on the New York Times Best Seller list, Angela Buchdahl’s new ...

(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 ...

(JTA) — Acclaimed author J.D. Salinger asked his publisher to remove references to his Jewish heritage in the book jacket of ...

My grandparents live in a small apartment in Santa Monica. It has white walls and wood floors and is full of light. The ...

Eli Sharabi’s memoir recounts his 491 days as a Hamas hostage in Gaza. (Harper Influence) Eli Sharabi’s memoir “Hostage,” recounting his experience in Hamas captivity after the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, ...

Dozens of anti-Zionist and non-Zionist Jewish authors are criticizing the Jewish Book Council, a historic literary group, for what they said was a “bias toward centering Israeli and Zionist voices” ...

PJ Library, the nonprofit that aims to promote Jewish identity by sending free books monthly to families with Jewish children worldwide, launched its $1.2 million Next Level Books Initiative to expand ...

NEW YORK — Last year, a list circulated online targeting “Zionist” authors for a boycott. Dozens of blacklisted writers, nearly all Jews, had been condemned for infractions as slight as expressing ...