Kirk Douglas: How the 100-year-old found true love
By Tom Tugend LOS ANGELES (JTA) — When movie star Kirk Douglas married Anne Buydens in Las Vegas, the justice of the peace asked Anne…
Literature
7 new books about the Holocaust you should read, according to scholars
By Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — From Anne Frank’s diary to Elie Wiesel’s “Night,” books about the Holocaust remain some of the most powerful and well-known…
Don’t pass over these 8 new books for spring
By Victor Wishna (JTA) — You know the story: When the Israelites made their exodus from Egypt, they fled in such haste that they did…
New books for teens and pre-teens – great stories with lots of lessons
(EJNews) – Two new middle grades novels that are sure to interest and engage pre-teen and teen readers were launched recently by Fictive Press. The…
8 books for 8 nights of Hanukkah
By Victor Wishna (JTA) — Hanukkah is “late” this year (no disrespect to lunar-calendar literalists), which means winter will be well underway by the time…