A small town in Jewish Galicia is the scene of a bitter-sweet romance at the beginning...

During World War I, the head of a British spy ring in a Jewish colony in...

A Table for One is a memoir of Aharon Appelfeld’s city, Jerusalem. It brings forth an...

When war breaks out in Israel in 1973, childhood friends Haim and Dov are called up...

The Jewish community of Aleppo, Syria, the biblical Aram Soba, is one of the world's most...

In the Greco-Roman period there arose among the Jews a new form for retelling Bible stories...

Agnon's first book-length work. Written in 1912 and told in the guise of a hassidic folktale masks...

A personal account of twentieth-century Jewish history, Balaam’s Prophecy tells the story of Naphtali Lau-Lavie, a...

Uri Nissan Gnessin (1879-1913) is recognized as one of the fathers of modern Hebrew literature whose...

Yosef Haim Brenner (1881–1921) left behind an impressive and influential body of work, including short stories...

Ra’hel (Bluwstein) (1890-1931) published all her poetry under her first name only. She arrived in Palestine...

For the Sake of Zion is a wonderful road map to one of the great journeys...

This collection of S.Y. Agnon’s short stories, published in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his...

Found in Translation is a collection of the key works of 20th century Hebrew poetry, translated...

A new English language edition and the first time Hebrew literature's only Nobel laureate has had...

Haim Sabato offers another rich historical novel in From the Four Winds, an evocative, rendering of...

Asael Lubotzky was a young IDF commander during the Second Lebanon War. Leading his troops into...

This is the first book ever written about haroset, the traditional Passover food. In a captivating...

As a New York City bachelor about to complete his medical training, the last place Paul...

To a large degree, In Mr. Lublin’s Store sums up Agnon’s thematic and formal development. This...

Longing for Zion: Awaiting Aliyah sheds light on a unique chapter in the modern history of...

When war breaks out in Israel in 1973, childhood friends Haim and Dov are called up...

Mastering Hebrew Calligraphy is a comprehensive and beautiful guide to the art of Hebrew letter-making. Developed...

We tend to look at the history of Jewish life in a linear way, ignoring or...