Amir Tibon’s memoir about his family’s ordeal during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and Laura Hobson Faure’s history of Jewish children who fled from Germany to France during World War II are among the finalists for the 2026 Sami Rohr Prize. The annual award — which alternates each year between works of fiction and […]
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As golden confetti rained down around him Thursday, Israeli chef Raz Shabtai broke down in tears and was embraced by his cheering staff. Moments earlier, a livestreamed Michelin ceremony had announced that his Miami restaurant, Mutra, had become the first kosher restaurant ever awarded a Michelin star, long regarded as the highest honor in the […]
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In a recent speech on nutrition, the nation’s top health official offered a perhaps surprising explanation for what is ailing Americans. “We’re engaged right now in spiritual warfare and … the malevolent forces want to drive us apart and end our connection to each other,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on March 5. It’s not […]
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This article was produced as part of (JR)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Holding up her phone while tossing her hair over her shoulder, a young woman records a TikTok of herself. On the screen appears a list of “Things […]
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Irish novelist Sally Rooney, who drew headlines in 2021 for refusing a Hebrew translation of one of her books, is now publishing her latest novel in Hebrew through an Israeli publisher approved by boycott activists. The Hebrew translation of “Intermezzo,” due out next month, will be published by November Books in collaboration with the left-wing […]
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On the opening night of his world tour beginning in Amsterdam on Saturday, global superstar Harry Styles backed a brief pro-Palestinian chant from the crowd. It was his first public comment on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after years of expressing an affinity for Jewish culture. The Amsterdam concert Saturday was the first of his Together, Together […]
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This article was produced as part of (JR)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. After a slight dip last year, participation in gap year programs in Israel is on the rise, according to Masa Israel, an umbrella organization for the post-high […]
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Memoirs of leaving the Orthodox Jewish world have become a genre with their own familiar arc. The protagonist flees an oppressive religious world, is ostracized by family and former friends, and emerges into secular freedom — damaged perhaps, but liberated. Readers consume these books partly as anthropology, partly as self-help and, critics sometimes complain, partly […]
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This article was produced as part of (JR)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Peering at the stage through cigarette smoke tinted purple by the overhead lights, I glimpsed a figure stepping forward. Behind him, across the wall, the words “FREE […]
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About halfway through “Michael,” the new blockbuster biopic of Michael Jackson, there is a scene in which Jackson (played by his nephew Jafaar) and his lawyer, John Branca (Miles Teller), are sitting with the president of his record label. It’s early in Jackson’s “Thriller” album cycle, as “Billie Jean” has been released as a single, […]
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