A fresh crop of Jewish books for spring
From a real-life biblical adventure story to award-winning short stories, the season's ten best Jewy books.
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Columbine shooters had tense moment over Passover seder, mother recalls
Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, who killed 13 in the infamous 1999 school shooting, had openly admired Adolf Hitler.
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Book about mental illness — created by a Jewish father and son — wins National Book Award
“Challenger Deep,” written by Neal Shusterman and illustrated by his son Brendan, explores a teen’s descent into schizophrenia. More ▸
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In time for Hanukkah, the 9 best Jewish books of the season
It’s the perfect time to fall into a good book. Don’t miss these new Jewish — or Jewish-ish — reads. More ▸
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Summertime, and the readin’ is easy
Whether you’re headed on vacation — or just taking a lunch break — we round up the best Jewish (or Jewish-ish) books of the season. More ▸
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Sacred and profane: Philip Roth, onetime ‘enfant terrible,’ gets seminary honor
Philip Roth, whose early writings outraged many of his fellow Jews, received an honorary doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary. More ▸
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Germany to receive first new Torah for kids edition in 50 years
A publisher from Berlin is preparing to launch the first German-language children’s edition of the Torah since 1964. More ▸
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New books: marvelous menorahs, purple gorillas and back to ’64 Berkeley
HANUKKAH FEATURE
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New books: marvelous menorahs, purple gorillas and back to ’64 Berkeley
An angst-ridden purple gorilla and a bear mistaken for a rabbi (via master storyteller author Eric Kimmel) enliven the Hanukkah celebration in new holiday books for children, families and young adults. More ▸
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Beastie Boys to write a memoir
By Jana BaninMichael Diamond (Mike D.) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock), the two surviving Beastie Boys, have signed a deal with Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, to write a book about their career. According to The New York Times, the Jewish rappers plan on being as out of the box in their writing as they… More ▸
