Books

Review “Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive,” edited by Warren Hoffman and Miriam Steinberg-Egeth. Lanham, Md.: Rowman &...

Review “Come and Hear: What I Saw in My Seven-and-a-Half-Year Journey through the Talmud” by Adam Kirsch. Waltham, Mass.: Brandeis University Press, 2021. 224 pages....

By Phylissa Cramer Jean Meltzer always knew how “The Matzah Ball,” her first novel, would end. “The rule of romance is that there has to be...

“The Sword of David” by Charles Lichtman. New York: Post Hill Press, 2021. 356 pages. $30. What great fun! “The Sword of David” is the...

By David Rullo PITTSBURGH — Mark Oppenheimer’s new book, “Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood,” which will...

After a 40-year career as a trial attorney in Washington, D.C., Bruce J. Berger turned to writing, earned a master’s degree in creative writing...

By Justin Vellucci PITTSBURGH — It was 2018 and culture writer Travis M. Andrews was speaking with his peers at the Washington Post about the...

Review “The Man Who Loved His Wife” by Jennifer Anne Moses. Woodstock, N.Y.: Mayapple Press, 2021. 166 pages. $20.95. This is a collection of Goldilocks short...

Normal People Sally Rooney I had exactly seven days to rest between the end of finals and the start of my summer internship. For those seven...

Sheila Katz, the CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, is known for her causes: Judaism, feminism, progressive politics, reproductive health rights and...