Books

In his latest novel, James McBride defuses the ‘dynamite’ of Black-Jewish relations

In “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” neighbors make common cause against bigots of all types.

By Julia Gergely August 21, 2023 1:24 pm

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A visit to the Lower East Side’s Tenement Museum inspires a new picture book

Set during the flu pandemic of 1918, “Rivka’s Presents” took 18 years from conception to publication.

July 18, 2023 4:59 pm

Did you hear the one about the Jewish comedians who set out to explain Israel?

Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt have written a “next-level” guide to a country they say is misunderstood.

April 26, 2023 3:21 pm

New York foods

The ‘iconic’ Jewish foods that make New York New York

By Rachel Ringler February 21, 2023 12:32 pm

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10 treasures from the New York Public Library’s 125-year-old Jewish collection

By Julia Gergely December 12, 2022 12:46 pm

Stella Levi

A Holocaust survivor from tiny Rhodes shares her story in a new book

By Lisa Keys December 1, 2022 4:59 pm

A moving memoir of Jewish Brooklyn, told tchotchke by tchotchke

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 30, 2022 7:00 am

AIPAC protest

The Sit-Down Ideas

‘Bad Jews’ describes a history of American Jewish infighting

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 20, 2022 9:00 am

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An Iranian Jewish leader was executed in 1979. His granddaughter wants his story known.

By Howard Lovy January 4, 2022 10:40 am

Ideas

What the Tree of Life shooting revealed about American Jewry

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 19, 2021 3:00 pm

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