(JTA) — I’ve never read a Holocaust chronicle quite like Lore Segal’s autobiographical 1964 novel, “Other People’s Houses.” ...
This month’s column features Jewish folklore and books about Jewish characters. Cinderella fans might enjoy Nina Jaffe’s “The Way Meat Loves Salt” and Erica Silverman’s “Raisel’s Riddle.” Like “The ...
When Ben and Max Berkowitz noticed a troubling trend in comic book movies, they decided they had to do something about it. “Characters who identified as Jewish on the page, as soon as they made the ...
According to Margarethe Weissenstein, the Vienna-born Jewish author of The Power of the Charlatan, Casanova — who was born 300 years ago in 1725 — was an itinerant charlatan who manipulated credulous ...
Molly and Clara — whose alter egos are based on figures from Jewish lore — are the heroines of “Night Owls,” A.R. Vishny’s time-travel debut novel, one of a trio of books that took top prizes at the ...