Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature

Jewish authors win top prizes in children’s literature categories at the Sydney Taylor Book Awards, hosted by the Association ...
Smith College

Jewish Studies

The program in Jewish studies at Smith College explores the history, literature, arts, politics, philosophy, culture, religion and languages of the Jewish people from its origins in ancient Israel ...
The Forward

Jewish-American Literature as Multicultural Literature

Erika Dreifus‘s first book, “Quiet Americans,” will be published on January 19th. Her blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Her Jewish grandfather’s shame inspired a prize-winning novel

Sasha Vasilyuk, author of “Your Presence Is Mandatory,” will celebrate her Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish literature at a ceremony and live event in New York City. Sasha Vasilyuk was surprised to be named ...
Publishers Weekly

Celebrating a Century of Jewish Books

A century ago, Fanny Goldstein, a Russian-Jewish immigrant working as a librarian at the Boston Public Library, noticed Jewish visitors rarely checked out books about their own culture. With her ...
The Forward

Novel set in a war-torn Ukraine wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature

A debut novel about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran, and family secrets unveiled against the backdrop of the 2014 Russian-Ukrainian war, has won the 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.
Jewish Journal

Books That Changed My Life Festival Featuring Panel on Monsters in Literature

Since the start of the year, the Marlene Meyerson JCC in New York City has been hosting the Books That Changed My Life Festival. On Feb. 10, the festival will be featuring a panel on monsters in ...
Albuquerque Journal

Literary awakening: Book Fest at JCC promotes awareness of Jewish culture through literature

WHERE: Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque, 5520 Wyoming Blvd. NE HOW MUCH: $12 advance or $15 at the door for each event; $25 advance for Oct. 23 luncheon, $125 series pass for 10 author ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Dean Franco: Jewish American literature for our times

At the end of my course on Jewish American literature, my students and I realized that the easy joining of “Jewish” and “American” has been strained by the presidential election. The course typically ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Literature celebrates nuance. So why does the book world feel so one-sided on Israel?

The erasure of Israeli suffering in literary circles comes as no surprise to a longtime writer, poet and newsletter editor. (JTA) — For many people in literary spaces, the waves of anti-Israelism ...
The Times of Israel

Tales of ghosts, grief and Shabbat joy win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature

Neshama,' by Marcella Pixley, takes home gold medal for Jewish children’s literature for middle-grade readers; Uri Shulevitz ...