Book review

‘The Jewish Revolt: A Warsaw Ghetto Exhibition’ turns memory into witness - review

Auerbach arrived in Warsaw in 1933 as a journalist and has dedicated her life to remembering Holocaust victims.

CAPTURED JEWS are led by German troops to the assembly point for deportation. Photo taken at Nowolipie Street, near intersection with Smocza Street.
FEDAYEEN OF the PFLP in mountains east of the Jordan River, early 1969. They carry Soviet and Egyptian weapons.

'The Arab Case for Israel': Explaining the conflict between Jews and Arabs - review

Itay Ben-Horin’s new book, "Crisis Management: Insider Views of How Business and Political Giants Won or Lost Big, And How You Can Apply the Lessons."

What Bill Clinton, Netanyahu, McDonald’s and Starbucks reveal about crisis leadership

Germans read an antisemitic tabloid on a billboard: 'The Jews are our misfortune.' That was in 1935. The Palestinian Authority still teaches hate and violence toward Jews today, the author writes.

'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack - review


'Extreme Trauma': Analyzing the horrors and heroism of October 7 - review

In the hands of the right readers, Extreme Trauma can help ensure that the truth of what happened on Oct. 7 is neither distorted nor forgotten.

 FORMER HOSTAGE Noa Argamani attends an emergency conference on the medical condition of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2024.

'On Democracies and Death Cults': Douglas Murray lauds Israel’s youth - review

On Democracies and Death Cults sets out Douglas Murray’s clear-eyed, reasoned, and deeply researched view of the pogrom committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023

 CALLING FOR the release of Israelis still in Hamas captivity, at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square in April 2025.

'Sons and Daughters': The last great Yiddish novel now available in English - review

An English translation by Rose Waldman of Chaim Grade’s final, unfinished work has been published.

 JEWISH WEDDING in a Russian shtetl, complete with klezmer band; painting by Isaak Asknaziy, 1893.

'The Right to Happiness': Moving fiction about Holocaust survivors - review

While they are firmly grounded in the hearts and souls of the survivors and their families, these tales tell a universal story of love and loss that will appeal to any reader.

 A MEMORIAL to Janusz Korczak and the orphans he stayed with until their very last moments, created by Boris Saktsier, at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem.

'Rabbinic Scholarship': How the Talmud Yerushalmi was made - review

This book is a deeply scholarly and ambitious work that sheds new light on the Talmud Yerushalmi and its place within the intellectual world of late antiquity.

 An illustrative image of someone reading the Talmud.

'The Defeat of Evil': A warning for constant vigilance against a resurgent evil within - review

The Defeat of Evil ends with this somber warning: “Even in victory, we must remember: No triumph is ever complete or permanent. Safeguarding our values demands constant vigilance.”

 Israelis are seen protesting judicial reform, in Tel Aviv.

'The Human Scale': Israel-based FBI mystery is a page-turner - review

The Human Scale is a superb contemporary political thriller that goes well beyond simply keeping the reader enthralled with a succession of unexpected developments, page after page.

An FBI vehicle

'The Art of the Music Critic': Music through a former ‘Jerusalem Post’ critic's eyes - review

The Art of the Music Critic is an incisive and illuminating compendium of an expansive stretch of our musical timeline, presented in an invitingly user-friendly form.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

'Songs for the Brokenhearted': A mosaic of Israeli society - review

This cast of characters and their stories offer an authentic mosaic of the people who make up Israeli society, portraying the tensions, the long history, and the unresolved traumas.

 Jews from Yemen are seen heading to Israel during Operation Magic Carpet.

'Jewish & Israel Trivia': The perfect trivia challenge for the Passover Seder - review

If you haven’t picked up a copy before the Seder, I strongly suggest you grab one as soon as you can. This trivia booklet is bound to sell like hotcakes. 

 ALL-IMPORTANT: Children take part in a practice Seder.