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taika waititi charlie and the chocolate factory

Taika Waititi adapting anti-Semite Roald Dahl’s work is exactly what we need

Waititi has proven to be a master of the kind of storytelling Dahl had been lauded for while being just the sort of person Dahl would have demeaned or despised.

By A.R. Vishny March 11, 2020 2:30 pm

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A rediscovered Holocaust memoir from 1945 tells an extraordinary story

Published in the U.S. as “The Bookshop in Berlin,” the book seemed fated to remain in obscurity until it was discovered in an attic in southern France.

February 19, 2020 2:35 pm

mimi lemay

Mimi Lemay wants you to understand the reality of raising a trans son

In a new memoir, Lemay writes about her child’s journey — and her own.

November 20, 2019 2:55 pm

Israel’s National Library partners with Google to digitize 120,000 books

By Marcy Oster November 12, 2019 2:51 pm

burn it down

4 Jewish writers on the power of women’s anger in ‘Burn It Down’

By Emily Burack October 10, 2019 11:40 am

rj palacio

‘Wonder’ author R.J. Palacio tells us why her new book is a Holocaust story

By Emily Burack October 2, 2019 1:09 pm

interfaith books

10 authors who capture what it’s like to grow up in an interfaith family

By Julia Metraux August 21, 2019 5:04 pm

Italian Jewish community launches campaign to restore its Jewish literary heritage

By Marcy Oster August 20, 2019 3:20 pm

Book-sharing program in Ecuador promotes Israeli literature

By Marcus M. Gilban July 31, 2019 7:54 am

sophies choice

‘Sophie’s Choice’ is the perfect summer read. Hear me out.

By Emma Copley Eisenberg June 5, 2019 1:08 pm

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