Books

Eli Sharabi’s ‘Hostage’ memoir named Jewish book of the year

Journalist Julia Ioffe, former Obama aide Sarah Hurwitz and historian Pamela Nadell are also winners of a National Jewish Book Award.

Before ‘SNL,’ there was Sid Caesar — and a roomful of Jewish writers

In television’s early days, Caesar translated Jewish humor into a language America didn’t yet know it understood.

Ideas

What Philip Roth taught me about my life as a Jewish man, despite his own imperfections

The CEO of the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center says the late author, the subject of a new biography, enlightened him about what it means to be a father, a son, a writer and an American.

Ideas

They had status, safety and power — and still chose to defy Hitler

Culture

When Jews really did wage a ‘war on Christmas’

A comedian and an author share a laugh on stage.

Ideas

Alex Edelman and fans of ‘Long Story Short’ may disagree, but a new book says Jewish humor is dying

Culture

Sam Sussman’s novel is about his Jewish mom and the teasing possibility that Bob Dylan is his dad

Ideas

25 years ago, he wrote the book on ‘Jew vs. Jew.’ Now Samuel Freedman is seeing new and deeper divisions.

A man reading a book on the beach is interrupted by a sudden storm.

Ideas

Why ‘beach reading’ is a joke on Jews like me

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The Sit-Down

Ana Levy-Lyons, a former Unitarian Universalist minister and future rabbi, wants to cure what ails the secular left

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