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The bizarre antisemitic book that taught me to better understand Judaism

The pub bookshelf in Painswick, England, was stocked with books bound in handsome jewel tones. It seemed charming and innocuous, until I spotted a 1934 hardback with the alarmingly...

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Barnet Bain – How to Be a Friend (In an Unfriendly World) [Review]

A Storied Framework of Friendship A Review of How to Be a Friend (In an Unfriendly World) Barnet Bain Hardcover: […] The post Barnet Bain – How to Be a Friend (In an Unfriendly Wor...

The One Minute Music Book Club: Bowie’s Bookshelf–The 100 Books That Changed David Bowie’s Life by John O’Connell

David Bowie was a voracious reader. He’d read about everything, absorbing knowledge and opinion and then transmuting that into music. John O’Connor has compiled a fascinating list...

Everyday Facade: A Reflection on the Masks We Wear

In a world where appearances often speak louder than authenticity, Everyday Facade by Tanish Sharma explores a timeless question: How much of who we present to the world is truly w...

How Babel Thrives

What is diversity for? I consider this as I trace the tracks of the 7 train, nicknamed the International Express for the route it takes across Queens, New York, the most diverse pl...

Sing and Rejoice, O daughter of Zion (Zechariah 2:14) – Studies in Pesiqta Rabbati

You can now read the new book b Rivka Ulmer, Sing and Rejoice, O daughter of Zion (Zechariah 2:14) – Studies in Pesiqta Rabbati. Brill Reference Library of Judaism, 80 (Brill: Leid...

Peeling back Beijing’s grey-zone playbook

The book explores China’s politics of provocation and coercive strategy. There are lessons here for India

THE BOOK OF DON

The author, a historian, interrogates the life of Donald Trump and the rise of Trumpism in U.S. politics by elevating recent history to the level of scripture. Calder (signified by...

The Self, the Crowd, and Social Contagion (with Luke Burgis)

Finding community can be difficult. But author Luke Burgis thinks the real challenge begins once we’ve found it and we’re subject to social pressures to conform. Listen as Burgis a...

LLOYD LLEWELLYN-JONES’ new history of Babylon is rich in fascinating detail

Cardiff University professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones turns to one of the most storied cities of the Mesopotamian cradle of civilization: Babylon. The post LLOYD LLEWELLYN-JONES’ new...

New Book: The Medieval Lincoln Jewry, ed. by Dean A. Irwin

Arc Humanities Press, May 2026. With articles by Dean Irwin, Christopher Johnson, E. M. Rose, Pinchas Roth, Julie L. Mell, and Natasha Jenman.

עשו לי את השבוע

הלקים של בירקנשטוק, מגבת וופל, מכשיר לא פוטוגני אבל מוצלח, ספר שקניתי בעקבות התכנית ״אתה חייב לקרוא את זה״ ועוד דברים

The Vanishing Library: Timothy Ely’s Odd Little Book from Outer Space

“The few words it contains are indecipherable, of no language. (The letters look Hebrew—if you don’t know Hebrew and have never seen Hebrew letters before.)”

Chaim Beer’s new book revolves around J. Opatoshu’s novella ‘A Day in Regensburg’

„לווייתן ברוח“ פֿון חיים באר פֿאַרלאַג: עם עובד (2026) 303 זײַטן די טעג איז אַרויס אין ישׂראל אַ נײַ, אייגנאַרטיק בוך, „לווייתן ברוח“ (אַ וואַלפֿיש אין ווינט), פֿונעם אָנגעזעענעם ראָמ...

“The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills”

I heard about the above-titled book by science journalist Jesse Singal when it came out, actually before it came out, as the author had talked with me about some of the topics in t...

Philosophers on the Periphery of Ashkenaz

You can now read the new book by Tamás Visi, Philosophers on the Periphery of Ashkenaz. Jewish Intellectual Life and Philosophy in the Czech Lands from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth...

New book reveals Trump compared himself to Mao, Stalin, Attila the Hun, called Netanyahu a 'con man'

A Bird’s IQ

Louis Lefebvre’s book A Bird’s IQ:  Innovation, Intelligence, and Problem Solving in the Avian World is engrossing, not to mention highly entertaining, by virtue of the many exampl...

The Wisdom of the Crow

Lately, crows have been cawing outside my window and in the park when I go for a walk. They’re special ... The post The Wisdom of the Crow appeared first on My Jewish Learning.

Reassembling Bakhtin

Since Mikhail Bakhtin became widely known in the 1980s, his book on Rabelais has perplexed readers for its seemingly contradictory stance to everything else he wrote.

Print Issue: Smart Fighting | May 22, 2026

A new book by Melanie Phillips challenges the conventional wisdom and offers innovative ideas and practical tools to fight the global surge of antisemitism. The post Print Issue: S...

Babel is Rising Again

When man builds intelligence without righteousness, knowledge becomes control.