Books

Crafting snack boards is a fun and creative way to level-up a meal.

Reading it feels like looking at a mosaic or collage, each page a verbal snapshot.

It tells the story from the perspectives of the different characters: Kebede, the father who gets to Israel, Tigest, the pregnant mother who is left behind in Ethiopia with her four young children, and 14-year-old Azmera, who is making the journey to Sudan to hopefully go to Israel and reunite with her father. 

Yaroslavsky has provided an engrossing account of a tumultuous era and the often-subterranean battles that have shaped the city of Los Angeles. He may even give the reader a new appreciation for the work of a politician.

Though the influence of Jewish men on comics has been widely explored, Jewish women’s impact has not.

In Jennifer Cohen’s latest book, “Bigger, Better, Bolder: Live the Life You Want, Not the Life You Get,” you can replace every incidence of the word “bold” with “chutzpah.”

“The Jewish Dog,” a novel by Asher Kravitz and translated from Hebrew by Michal Kessler, does not disappoint. 

Throughout his book, Smith shares moments from his pioneering career in nonfiction television. 

“Shadows We Carry” is a sequel to the 2020 novel “The Takeaway Men.”

Inspired by noir classics such as “The Maltese Falcon” and “Chinatown,” Weiss subverts the hardboiled mystery genre with his own outlandish twist