The Jewish writer, producer and showrunner saw the 2004 novel about an alternate WWII reality as outdated -- until, he says, a spike in bigotry under the Trump administration
Jewish author had yearslong battle with breast cancer; after she announced her diagnosis in 2015, Wurtzel became an advocate for early screening for the BRCA mutation
The half-Jewish, half-Korean National Book Award winner calls herself a 'menorah and latke' Jew who grew up without pressure to conform to other people's standards
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Over 100 years after her death, Cora Wilburn is finally getting her 10 minutes of fame as she is recognized as likely being the first to write a great American Jewish novel
The acclaimed British author laments both Brexit and bigotry in Corbyn's Labour party, but hangs on to his sense of humor in his latest book about two 90-year-olds in love
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In 1944, Avraham Sutzkever and his wife Freydke had to walk through a minefield to reach the plane that would take them to freedom. They stepped to the rhythm of poetic meter
Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature awarded to Michael David Lukas for his book 'The Last Watchmen of Old Cairo' telling stories drawn from the Cairo Geniza
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