In ‘The Books of Jacob,’ Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk tells a story about Jews. But is it a Jewish novel? “This is a phenomenon happening in all of Eastern Europe, when Jewish culture is created by non-Jews, for non-Jews, but about the Jews,” one Polish Jewish scholar said. By Jonah Goldman Kay February 4, 2022 10:50 am
Susan Choi wins National Book Award for fiction Choi, whose mother is Jewish and whose father is of Korean descent, won for her novel “Trust Exercise.” November 22, 2019 9:47 am
A top French novelist published Holocaust denials and caricatures 30 years ago Yann Moix apologized for his actions and suspended the promotion of his latest novel over the discovery. September 3, 2019 8:05 am
Ideas Remembering Aharon Appelfeld, from charnel house to whorehouse to a home in Israel By Thane Rosenbaum January 5, 2018 10:43 am
Book about mental illness — created by a Jewish father and son — wins National Book Award By Beth Kissileff November 25, 2015 11:55 am
Off the path: Ex-Hasid memoirs shine a spotlight on Faigy Mayer’s world By Judy Bolton-Fasman August 9, 2015 3:37 pm