Books

From Saul's failure to David's reckoning, 'Human Kingship' examines the dangers of power - review

Rabbi David Silber's Human Kingship rereads the Book of Samuel to ask what restrains a ruler when no tribunal can remove him, and whether justice can survive unchecked power.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2026|ByBARUCH LANDA

KING DAVID, a detail of the early 16th-century marble statue by Michelangelo, kept at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy.

ISRAEL MAKOV at the ‘Viewpoints’ book launch.

Israel Makov opens a window into six decades of collecting and championing Israeli art

A new book opens a window into Israel Makov's collection of nearly 400 works, tracing six decades of passion for Israeli art and support for artists before they gain recognition.

AUGUST 30, 2026|ByNERIA BARR

Polish born Mordechai Fox, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, wears a yellow Star of David on his jacket during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust novel Delicate finds its English-speaking audience at last

Inspired by Holocaust testimonies, Delicate is narrated by a survivor whose memories are too tangled for the reader to understand what is true.

AUGUST 30, 2026|ByLIOR ZOE PERETS

American singer Dolly Parton poses on stage during a press conference to launch her new album, in London, Britain, June 29, 2023.

Dolly Parton remembered for inspiring PJ Library and championing children's literacy

In 2015, when Harold Grinspoon launched PJ Library, he took a page from Parton, who a decade earlier had started Imagination Library.

AUGUST 27, 2026|ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA

Roots of the Holocaust: Fascist barbarism and vicious 1920s anti-Bolshevik propaganda - book review

Hitler and his minions combined hatred of Jews as racial aliens polluting German culture with a crusade against 'Judeo-Bolshevism,' allegedly poised to spread Soviet-style Communism across the world

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025ByGLENN C. ALTSCHULER

SOVIET WRITER-JOURNALIST Ilya Ehrenburg with Soviet soldiers, 1942. His daughter found a copy of the manuscript or ‘black book’ in her father’s archive in 1967. ‘The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry’ was published in Kiev in 1991.

Jerusalem highlights: September 26 – October 2

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

SEPTEMBER 27, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Behind the bylines: Ethan Freedman - interview

An unconventional journalist capturing the human condition.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2025ByAARON REICH

Sam Sussman’s novel is about his Jewish mom and the teasing possibility that Bob Dylan is his dad

Sam Sussman’s debut novel, “Boy from the North Country,” revolves around a mystery: Was Bob Dylan, the singer and Nobel laureate, the narrator’s father?

SEPTEMBER 13, 2025ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA