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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Arnold J. Band, one of the great Hebrew literary scholars of the past 50 years and a towering figure in the global community of Jewish studies researchers, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Silver ...

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 ...

Considering the long history between literature and the Jewish people it should not at all be surprising that Jews made major contributions to American literature. From Emma Lazarus, whose poem “The ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Sasha Vasilyuk was surprised to be named a finalist for the 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, wondering if the judges were going to honor an author whose “last name ...

“Your Presence Is Mandatory” by Sasha Vasilyuk is based on a family secret harbored by the author’s grandfather. A debut novel about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran, and family secrets ...

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 ...