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Books (illustrative)

The power of telling the whole story: Honoring truth and complexity

By Jacob Schimmel

Ahmad Muna of the Educational Bookshop.

Educational Bookshop and the cultural institutions of east Jerusalem

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

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

By MARION FISCHEL

US Senator Ron Wyden is seen at a demonstration outside the US Treasury.

'It Takes Chutzpah': Jewish senator's memoir hopes to raise next generation of activists

By RALPH AMELAN

Chaim Grade’s "Sons and Daughters" was originally serialized in the 1960s and '70s, in New York–based Yiddish newspapers.

Rescued from the archives and wrestled into print: Behind Chaim Grade's last Yiddish novel

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

'Find Your Fight,' by Jay Ruderman.

'Find your Fight': Jay Ruderman's guide to effective activism and social change

By DAVID BRUMMER

After a year of trial-and-error, the Hebrews built a Tabernacle – so that God could dwell within them

'Cardozo on the Parashah': The magic of the Torah’s most ambiguous book

By MARION FISCHEL

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, February 4, 2025; illustrative.

'The Battle for the Jewish State': The ties that bind the US and Israel

By NEVILLE TELLER

The Professor, Mervyn S. Gotsman, at home in front of his extensive library.

'Affairs of the Heart': Memoirs of renowned Israeli cardiologist Mervyn S. Gotsman

By STUART S. GHERMAN

The Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Rare 'Book of the Dead' Manuscript from Hatshepsut's Reign Found in Trento

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative image of headphones around books.

Canarit Audiobooks: An Israeli firm making books more accessible for busy consumers

‘THE OLD PLANTATION,’ watercolor attributed to John Rose, possibly painted between 1785 and 1795 in the Beaufort District of South Carolina.

'Fear No Pharaoh': US Jews and slavery – from implicated to appalled

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER

View of the flag of Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan's textbooks promote tolerance, acceptance of Jews, report finds

The Educational Bookshop in east Jerusalem.

Israel Police raid east Jerusalem bookstore, arrest owner

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pope Francis arrives to attend his weekly general audience in the St. Damaso courtyard. September, 2020.

Do 'The Prophecies of the Popes' point to 2027 doom?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ENGRAVING BY Ephraim Moshe Lilien, produced for the Fifth Zionist Congress, Basel, Switzerland, 1901. The Hebrew inscription reads: ‘May our eyes behold your return in mercy to Zion.’

'Zionism and Jewish Culture': Getting to the true essence of Jewish nationalism

By NEVILLE TELLER

An illustrative image of contemporary Jews.

'Choosing Hope': The importance of hope for contemporary Jews

A memorial commemorating the murder of Robert Einstein's family, located at the Badiuzza cemetery in Italy.

'After Images': The tragedy of Albert Einstein’s cousin Robert

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN