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Selection of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May/June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust. Jews were sent either to work or to the gas chamber.

Rebecca Makkai, whose grandfather drafted a Nazi-era antisemitic law, is writing a novel on fascism

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Sonia Gomes de Mesquita, representing the donor family, alongside the recipient of the 2024 SASA-Setton Prize for Children's Literature in the Lifetime Achievement category, Tamar Verete-Zehavi.

The SASA-Setton Prize for Children's Literature celebrates creativity, healing, and heritage

By Ronnie Rosenman

Benny Endy, author of "The Lost Orphan Boy"

Benny Edvy’s The Lost Orphan Boy Brings resilience and forgotten histories to life

By Ronnie Rosenman

The cover of 'Hylenia: The Great Prophecy'.

Hylenia: The great prophecy brings Jewish culture to young adult fantasy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AUTHORS NATALIE MESSIKA and Eshkol Nevo are two of the nominees.

2024 Sapir Prize longlist: Israel’s top authors compete for prestigious award

By NERIA BARR

BRENNER PRIZE winner Yossi Avni-Levy.

Brenner literature prize goes to Yossi Avni-Levy

By NERIA BARR

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Technological fantasy: The new vision from audiobook producer Canarit Audiobooks

By WALLA! TECH

ANTI-ISRAEL BOOKS outnumber pro-Israel books in the Middle East section of the Harvard University bookshop.

Authors and entertainers sign CCFP letter against Israeli literature boycott

By HANNAH BROWN

SALLY ROONEY

A call to boycott Israeli literature by international authors

By HANNAH BROWN

RABBANIT ADINA STERNBERG at the launch of her Kitvuni book.

Scribing the future: Matan’s fellowship paves the way for women’s Torah literature

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

CONCRETE BUILDING frames. ‘Walking in a neighborhood of seriously deteriorated concrete is as sobering an experience as watching a marriage fall apart,’ the author of ‘Dwell Time’ states.

Jagged wounds bleed orange rust: Family dysfunction viewed through art

By AARON LEIBEL

A man stands under the starry sky (Illustrative)

'Making sense of God' through Norman Solomon's new book

By RABBI REUVEN CHAIM KLEIN

GRAVESTONE OF Albert Camus, a philosopher of the absurd

'After Camus: A Novel': The ghost of Camus haunts an American couple

By AARON LEIBEL

THE AUTHOR references ‘madwoman in the attic’ from Charlotte Brontë’s Gothic-style classic ‘Jane Eyre,’ connecting her to Talmudic stories about women.

The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: the Talmud and feminine dichotomy

By ELLIOTT MALAMET

JOHN IRVING (on screen) is interviewed by Ari Folman this week at the Jerusalem Writers Festival at Mishkenot Sha’ananim.

Bestselling author John Irving makes appearance at the Jerusalem Writers Festival

By HANNAH BROWN

Jessica Cohen has translated more than 30 books and dozens of shorter works by some of the most renowned Israeli writers.

Jessica Cohen: Go-to English translator of contemporary Israeli literature

By ANDREW ESENSTEN/JTA

John Irving

John Irving to attend the Jerusalem International Writers Festival

By HANNAH BROWN

US author Paul Auster poses for a photograph before an interview in Stockholm May 10, 2011.

Acclaimed Jewish-American novelist Paul Auster dies at 77

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF