Responding to an appreciative tweet from Mossy Simonson's father, award-winning poet Kwame Alexander shows up on family's doorstep with signed books and best wishes for the big day

'Ella Enchanted' author Gail Carson Levine takes readers to late 15th century Spain, where a Jewish girl and her prominent family confront religious persecution and face expulsion

As pandemic-era videoconferencing gives an intimate glimpse of what's on people's shelves, Ken Gloss, owner of the 185-year-old Brattle Book Shop, offers to update your stacks

Jewish author, philosopher was famous for his study of the relationship between language, art, and society; and for his controversial writings on the Holocaust, Hitler

Initiative requires officers to gain relevant knowledge via books, articles and films; this year's required reading is by US Colonel Douglas Macgregor

Yale professor and author of 20 books, including his breakthrough 'The Anxiety of Influence,' was son of immigrants from Russia, neither of whom ever learned to read English

Thousands of documents related to Jewish author provide window into Europe's literary scene in the early 20th century, experts say

Collection of Argentine author's writings, photos and letters explores his Jewish connection, including friendship with David Ben-Gurion and visits to Israel

With the number of survivors shrinking, anti-Semitism on the rise, and enough time gone by for stories to be shared openly, writers and readers find the genre as relevant as ever