Author

Best-selling author says appearances in Britain scrapped because he is Jewish

The sponsoring organizations reportedly feared backlash from the pro-Palestinian movements including the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.

By Marcy Oster June 30, 2019 3:31 pm

New Age guru Marianne Williamson talks about her Jewishness and 2020 presidential run

A speaker who fills pews at New York's Marble Collegiate Church was inspired by her childhood rabbi in Houston.

November 28, 2018 4:11 pm

A son of refuseniks chronicles the slow dissolve of Russia’s Jews

Maxim Shrayer's new book asks why Jews have chosen to stay in a "politically suffocating" country.

January 16, 2018 2:56 pm

French Jews protest reprint of anti-Semitic essays from Holocaust era

January 3, 2018 3:59 pm

Writer Elena Ferrante is daughter of Holocaust survivor, says journalist

October 5, 2016 6:25 am

Statue of acclaimed Brazilian Jewish writer is new photo spot on Rio beach

May 18, 2016 8:19 am

Jewish author wins top Tunisian prize for book on Cairo expulsion

December 18, 2015 2:35 pm

J.D. Salinger, reclusive author and grandson of rabbi, dies

January 29, 2010 12:14 am

Alleged Chicago bomb threat author arrested

By Marcy Oster March 22, 2009 7:55 pm

Author Alice Walker visiting Gaza

By Marcy Oster March 8, 2009 5:19 pm

No more posts to load.

Get JTA's Daily Briefing in your inbox

Get JTA's Daily Briefing in your inbox