This list of books with Jewish main characters will help you discover exceptional picture books and middle grade books with compelling writing, intriguing stories, and memorable characters. If you’re ...

In the 1970s, my parents and all the Jewish parents I knew had what I came to call the Jewish Bookshelf. On it sat “The Source” by James Michener, “Exodus” by Leon Uris, “The Chosen” by Chaim Potok, ...

Pioneering educational project has been endorsed by Germany's antisemitism commissioner and is scheduled for publication in ...

A century ago, Fanny Goldstein, a Russian-Jewish immigrant working as a librarian at the Boston Public Library, noticed Jewish visitors rarely checked out books about their own culture. With her ...

The wisdom of clinical psychologist Dr. Batya Ludman and Jewish educator Gina Junger combine to create a book that balances both psychology and Jewish law.

(RNS) — You know when people list their relationship status on Facebook as “it’s complicated”? For many Jews, this phrase defines their relationship with their Jewish identity. While our relationship ...

The period immediately following World War II was an era of dramatic transformation for Jews in America. At the start of the 1940s, President Roosevelt had to all but promise that if Americans entered ...

In 1925, an idealistic librarian named Fanny Goldstein organized a celebration of Jewish books at the West End Branch of the Boston Public Library and called it Jewish Book Week. In the 1940s, this ...

In 'What Animals Teach Us About Families,' Prof. Beth Berkowitz of Barnard College delves into commandments involving mother ...

This post is sponsored content. The Forward’s editorial staff were not involved in its publication. Susan Blumberg-Kason, a Jewish author whose work explores Jewish history and identity, was deep into ...