culture

For one holiday out of the year, we take a break from feasting on meat and move over to the ...

The latest installment of Adeena Sussman’s MJL food column “The Inspired Kitchen� is now available. The newest recipe: Sour Cherry ...

Wait. Did I say high culture? I meant…whatever Porky’s is. Seriously. I just saw Porky’s for the first time since ...

Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine contained a heartbreaking essay by Israeli novelist David Grossman about writing after his son Uri ...

My Holocaust, Tova Reich’s satirical novel, was published last month to rave reviews. Cynthia Ozick struck first, writing an extended ...

Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union was officially published on Tuesday, and the book has already received its first award ...

I just received a copy of Don DeLillo’s new novel, Falling Man, which will be published in mid-May. DeLillo is ...

Some more notes on last night’s Nathan Englander/Ben Karlin conversation.– Karlin was, for the most part, hilarious (which should be ...

Last night, at the New York Public Library, Nathan Englander conducted his first reading/program for his new novel, The Ministry ...

This Yom Haatzmaut, Israeli artists have a lot to celebrate. As JTA’s Ben Harris recently reported, Israeli art is doing ...