Making Tourism Kosher
A review of Shaul Kelner's 2011 book Tours that Bind: Diaspora, Pilgrimage, and Israeli Birthright Tourism.
By Caryn Aviv
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Jung Breaks Bad
 David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method is less than daring.
By Sephora Markson Hartz
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After Weegee
Daniel Morris's new book claims there is something unique about Jewish American photography. But reviewer David Shneer has some questions.
By David Shneer
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Journey to the Land of the Living
Maya Zack's Living Room, an exhibit at the Jewish Museum (NYC), conceives of the extraordinary in ordinary terms.
By Sephora Markson Hartz
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Open, Closed, Open
 A modern Israeli poet ruminates on the complexities of life, loss, and belief.
Poems by Yehuda Amichai
Translated by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld
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Abishag: From Biblical Obscurity
to Literary Fame
The secular use of literary stories.
By Mika Ahuvia
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The Mystic and the Modern
A review of Rodger Kamenetz's Burnt Books.
By Sephora Markson Hartz
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How did Shimon Ansky become one of the darlings of American Jewish intellectuals?
By Brian Horowitz
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Conversations with A.B. Yehoshua
Leading Israeli novelist Yehoshua discusses Jewish culture and identity, and the importance of Jewish texts.
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Shira Gorshman: A Life in Three Acts
Meet an author who wrote during some of the flashpoints of Jewish history.
By Faith Jones
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Poetry, Chutzpah, and American Freedom
The complex history behind the words that "have always exemplified the American dream."
By Alicia Ostriker
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A review of David Shneer's Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War, and the Holocaust.
