7 books to make your summer more summery — and Jewy, too
By Victor Wishna (JTA) — Summer’s here, and whether from the heat or the humidity or the harrowing election cycle, we bet you could use…
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Book Review by Rabbi Rachel Esserman: The joys and frustrations of being a parent
By: Rabbi Rachel Esserman (JTA coop) – If you search for “parenting books” on Amazon.com, 186,916 book suggestions appear. The works range from those that…
Sarah Silverman, Jeffrey Tambor and Goldie Hawn to get Hollywood Walk of Fame stars
(JTA) — Comedian Sarah Silverman, actor Jeffrey Tambor, actress Goldie Hawn, Israeli-American media mogul Haim Saban and actor George Segal are getting their own stars…
op/ed: How Elie Wiesel inspired the Free Soviet Jewry movement
By Glenn Richter (JTA) — On my bookshelves there are two rows of volumes on the Soviet Jewry movement. Squeezed in among the tomes is…
Elie Wiesel gave the Holocaust a face and the world a conscience
By Sarah Wildman WASHINGTON (JTA) — Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate who became a leading icon of Holocaust remembrance and a global…