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AN ANCIENT BOOK ILLUMINATES OUR TROUBLED TIMES Qohelet: Searching for a Life Worth Living Illuminations and Commentary by Debra Band Philosophical Commentary by Menachem Fisch Baylor University Press, 208 pp. [...]

VLADIMIR PUTIN has earned his reputation as a dictator, but he has often behaved warmly toward Jews. He has also maintained positive relations with Israel and made several trips there. [...]

Maus Now: Selected Writing Edited by Hillary Chute Pantheon, 432 pp., $28.00 The latest cycle of puhlic panic over book-banning--as distinct from the constant, threatening drumbeat of book-banning itself--kicked off [...]

When anxieties are rippling through the culture, novelists can't help picking up the signal. It's been an anxious, antsy couple of years in and around the American Jewish community--a time [...]

Every reader has a summer style... With the weather warm and the lure of long weekends, do you read the marshmallow-fluff novels you've been saving all year? Or do you [...]

An interview with Allegra Goodman, a novelist from Honolulu, Hawaii, delves into her exploration of Jewish life in modern literature. She shares insights on her interest in the complexities of belief, skepticism, and the pull of tradition, with a focus on the unique experiences of growing up Jewish in Hawaii's capital, as well as her approach to creating diverse and authentic characters in her works.

Kati Marton doesn't think of her-self as a political activist. A veteran journalist for ABC News and NPR, she is the author of nine books, most recently The Chancellor: The [...]

The article discusses a roundtable discussion on fascination with artificial beings in literature and the questions they raise about humanity. Topics include the variations of golems and robots in recent novels; the purpose and limitations of golems and robots; and the connection between golems, robots and advanced technology.

The article offers information about the current state of Israel and its internal challenges. It highlights the divisions within Israeli society, particularly between the nationalist and religious factions versus secular and liberal Jews. It emphasizes the need for civil society to reclaim symbols and ideals from the nationalists and calls for a renewed commitment to democracy.

COMING TO TERMS WITH AMERICA: ESSAYS ON JEWISH HISTORY, RELIGION AND CULTURE by Jonathan D. Sarna Jewish Publication Society The acclaimed historian Jonathan Sarna has pursued his investigations of the [...]

Robert Alter is best known these days as a translator of the Hebrew Bible, but the monumental task he completed in 2018 doesn't define him. An indefatigable literary essayist and [...]

The article presents the discussion on rabbis and scholars, biblical and historical figures or elders. Topics include identifying role models being a necessary step to emotional intelligence and self-awareness; and Spinoza's inspiring traits showing courage, integrity, love of truth and a realistic optimism despite all keeping the faith in humanity.

This section presents views of several notable people on the knowledge that students need to gain before leaving college. Topics discussed include the analytical skills needed to understand the world critically cited by University of Austin founding president Pano Kanelos, the importance of having skepticism of power and institutions explained by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, and the exploration of one's passions in college noted by English professor Julia Fisher.

The article discusses that American Jews like all Americans often overestimate Israel's importance. Israel isn't just a replica of the United States, with the only difference being that in Israel the Jews have guns. Israelis created a new nation, a new culture, a new language, a new identity which was precisely the aim of the original Zionists. Too often, Americans on both the right and the left, project our fantasies and obsessions onto Israel and Israelis.

An interview with joke tellers, writers and scholars Jessica Kirson, Michael Wex and Ruth R. Wisse is presented. Topics include examines that Cohen has officially converted to Catholicism after months of study and is invited to address those gathered for Mass; and focuses on several thoughts the waiter stated to the group of Jewish women sitting in a restaurant.

The article discusses complicated phase of relation between former U.S. president Donald Trump and supporter in Jewish community and mentions abuse of Trump on former Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Topics discussed include obstacles discussed by Trump on Netanyahu having obstacle to Israel-Palestine peace efforts, concerns of American Jews about antisemitism and vote for libertarian to demonstrate.

The article offers information on several online comments attached to a New York Times piece in which two Howard University officials, Brandon Hogan and Jacoby Adeshei Carter, defended themselves against the accusation by Cornel West and Jeremy Tate in The Washington Post. Topics include considered that several supporters of the classics major harked back to a better time unspecified when all college students and indeed all educated people in society read and grappled with the same texts.