Culture

Mindy Holland reviews Dara Horn’s provocative new book on antisemitism, curiosity, and why Jewish peoplehood needs defending.

Ethel G. Hofman marks a rare trifecta of 9/11, Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah with recipes for a sweet new year, from crown challah to honey cake.

A Strong National Museum of Play display in Rochester traces the outsized Jewish role in the American toy and game industry, from Barbie to Hasbro.

Eighteen Jewish designers and more than 30 models took part in New York Fashion Week’s first all-Jewish runway show days before Rosh Hashanah.

The Yiddish Book Center’s fall lineup features a Woody Guthrie documentary and an Oct. 25 open house honoring Sholem Aleichem.

Mindy the Book Yenta reviews Jacqueline Friedland’s novel about a school administrator raising an autistic son and a college swimmer finding her way.

Mindy the Book Yenta reviews Albany author Sophie Panzer’s debut novel, Son of Sasha, which blends Jewish magical realism with life after Oct. 7.

A JNS opinion piece argues the little-seen film ‘Citizen Vigilante’ captures an uncomfortable truth about Europe that critics would rather ignore.

The Delaware Art Museum will mount the first U.S. survey of Simeon Solomon, the only Jewish artist tied to the Pre-Raphaelites, in 2027.

Rhonda Rosenheck reviews Rachel Tzvia Back’s anthology of modern Hebrew poems of Jerusalem, spanning 1930 to 2023.