Winter Spring, an audio drama about Judaism, identity and storytelling, launches this Friday. Creator Dr Rachel Knightley reveals the wheres, whats and why-nows behind the project…
Liv is a year-eight student in present-day UK. She's shy and uncertain and currently navigating between wanting to fit in and wanting to be herself. She's been tasked with creating a family tree, which leads to all sorts of problems when she realises her only port of call is her stern Bubbe…
The Jewish Children’s Book Awards is calling for entries for its annual award that aims to bring attention to new Jewish literature for children. The awards were set up in 2021, born from Green Bean Books publisher Michael…
On the eve of its imminent move to a stunning new building close to the Knesset in Jerusalem, the National Library of Israel (NLI) bid farewell to its current premises in Givat Ram with a day of celebrations. Entitled Epilogue…
A new platform launches tonight to offer resources and an online community for Jewish fiction writers and those writing literature of Jewish interest around the world. The Global Jewish Literary Alliance aims to encourage more…
Shai Agnon and Hayim Nahman Bialik are the two Ukrainian heavyweights of modern Hebrew literature, the former in prose – in fact Agnon remains the only Hebrew author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature – and the latter in poetry. Far from being in competition, they…