Books

“The Light of Seven Days” is a compulsively readable, lyrical first novel by River Adams, a former concert pianist from the former Soviet Union.

Mitch Albom’s latest novel,”The Little Liar,” is a parable, set in and around the Holocaust.

Written in a conversational but substantive style, the author offers a roadmap to the whys and hows of a life of gratitude.

In the words of King David, “The world is built on lovingkindness—hesed.” (Psalms. 89:2) In our troubled time we need a sharp reminder of this truth.  

I sat down with Yaniv Iczkovits, author of “The Slaughterman’s Daughter,” an exuberant, picaresque tale of a daring 19th-century heroine, Fanny, and the colorful cast of characters she meets along her journey.

Jews invented Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America, The Hulk, the Avengers and X-Men.

In her memoir, “Dwell Time,” Rosa Lowinger entwines the details of conserving historic buildings and works of art with her family’s double exile as Jews from Eastern Europe in the 1920s and then Cuba in early 1961.

Jewish teachings give us plenty of guidance on how to treat animals.

An interview with Amanda Stern, author of the book “You are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” on which the new film by Adam Sandler is based.

A review of Jarrod Tanny’s new book “The Seinfeld Talmud: A Jewish Guide to a Show about Nothing.”