New book chronicles the life of Rose Pastor Stokes, a factory worker who became a wealthy 20th-century American activist, brushing elbows with intellectual elite
Jack Teich's kidnapping at gunpoint, huge payoff, and trial made national headlines, but even his family didn't know the gruesome details... until, aged 80, he wrote his memoir
In her new book about weirdness, the writer for The Atlantic interviews 30 successful misfits, and lays bare her offbeat, awkward, and often hilarious story along with theirs
Through prosperity and darkness -- and now again in modernity -- the retelling of the Exodus story has evolved alongside the Jewish people. Prof. Vanessa Ochs traces the journey
National Jewish Book Award-winner Charles King's 'Gods of the Upper Air' tells how a cohort of women scholars helped Franz Boaz give birth to the field of anthropology
In 'Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent,' Hebrew University prof Paul Mendes-Flohr delves into famed Jewish philosopher's spirituality and complex relationship with Zionism
Dr. Gabor Mate's theories on coping with early-life mental wounds, and strong stress on empathy, have made him a global sensation as he releases his latest book, 'Scattered Minds'
Yann Moix apologizes after past anti-Semitic drawings and comments exposed, including caption saying 'everybody knows the [concentration] camps never existed'
Author's rapid rise to become a reigning giant of modern American literature was achieved through command of language and tales of the private lives of the unknown and unwanted
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