Books

Antisemitism is a deep and enduring American tradition. And yet America is also exceptional. American Jews live in the clash of those two realities.

Jason Zengerle, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, and staff writer at the New Yorker wrote a new book about Carlson, “Hated By All The Right People: Tucker Carlson and The Unraveling of The Conservative Mind.”

In her debut book, Zeeva Bukai delves into the trauma of exile with elegance, passion, insight and sheer suspense.

Maxim D. Shrayer’s new poetry collection “Zion Square” contains the pain and dreams of a Jew with his heart in Israel, roots in Europe, and branches in the Unites States.

The novel centers on Kent Duvall, a faded reality TV star, and a disgraced producer who are offered one last chance at redemption in a competition filmed on a remote island.

“I hope that readers laugh, cry, ponder and discuss. I hope they see themselves and people they know in some of the situations and stories.“

Even as he continues to heal, he has taken on a public role few could imagine enduring — speaking openly about his captivity and using his voice to press for the release of those being held.

Hadar’s “The Devash Jr. Book of Shemot” sends a powerful message: Our children are full members of this tradition, and their engagement matters.

Long lost and nearly forgotten, this newly published memoir invites readers into a painful exile and the extraordinary wilderness years of a celebrated leader who disappeared for forty years.

In this selection of essays, op-eds and speeches, the first piece written six months after his son’s murder, Pearl gives us words that are, yes, sometimes heartbreaking, but also funny, profound, scrappy, informative and strikingly prescient.