Woot! My Jewish Review of Books article on soar eclipses in Jewish lore went live! I wrote about whether or not we make bracha’s over the eclipse and why. Check it out!

Do we make a blessing on a solar eclipse? Well, as Adne Sadeh: Jewish monster hunter explains, that depends if eclipses are evil or not. jewishreviewofbooks.com/uncategorized/…

On this week's episode of the Jewish Review of Books Podcast, we had a great conversation with Stu Halpern about Esther in America and Purim in Israel. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or our website. open.spotify.com/episode/2GolRz…

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Will Denis Villeneuve's future Dune movies show us a strange glimpse of the Jews in Frank Herbert's Duniverse? jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/1633/…

Don't forget to register for our online discussion with Neta Stahl and Jeffrey Saks this Sunday! agnonhouse.org.il/event/war-writ…

A bill sponsored by Rep. Gallagher Press Office and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi to ban TikTok US just passed the House, but why has the app become a hotbed of anti-Israel and antisemitic content, and what does it tell us about brewing global conflicts? jewishreviewofbooks.com/foreign-policy…

We're starting a podcast! JRB is releasing our new podcast this week! We'll be bringing you conversations with our brilliant authors about books, culture, politics, and more. Subscribe on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or listen on our website! jewishreviewofbooks.com/podcast/the-je…

How did Harvard students and faculty end up using a decades old antisemitic cartoon in their anti-Israel activism? Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn explores the history and its meaning. jewishreviewofbooks.com/american-jewry…

'They go from one space that is not home to another space that is not home; none of them safe. Where will they shelter? To what can they return?' Ilana Blumberg explores the endless traumas of war. tinyurl.com/mr3rbnsz

Happy President's Day! This year, we're reading into the first Jewish prayer to celebrate George Washington, written soon after the Revolutionary War. By Stu Halpern jewishreviewofbooks.com/american-jewry…

Shortly after the Revolutionary War, a synagogue in New York gathered to praise George Washington in extraordinarily biblical language. Read Stu Halpern's exploration of the prayer for the first president. jewishreviewofbooks.com/american-jewry…

A new history of Zionism tells the tale through the towering emotions of its proponents and adversaries. jewishreviewofbooks.com/jewish-history…