Author Dara Horn surprised herself by choosing “People Love Dead Jews” as the title of her new collection of essays. She was even more amazed that her publisher agreed to let her keep it. Horn’s ...

“This book explores the many strange and sickening ways in which the world’s affection for dead Jews shapes the present moment. I hope you will find it as disturbing as I do.” This is not the way most ...

I am a Jew. And I am alive. As a scholar of Judaism I spend my days reading, writing, thinking about, and teaching about dead Jews. So I guess I love dead Jews. But I’m not the “people” Dara Horn is ...

There is a concept of a tourism industry, popular in places largely devoid of Jews, called ‘Jewish Heritage Sites’. The term is a really ingenious piece of marketing … It’s a much better name than ...

The fun little video made the rounds on X (formerly Twitter), and it points to what will only get more relevant as a question for religious authorities to resolve. In a video posted to the social ...

(JTA) – Dvora Hacohen’s biography of Hadassah founder Henriette Szold won two honors, including Jewish Book of the Year, from the Jewish Book Council in their annual awards list. “To Repair a Broken ...

Prominent winners in this year's National Jewish Book Awards included Joshua Cohen, Dara Horn, Jai Chakrabarti, Judy Batalion and Esther David. Dvora Hacohen’s biography of Hadassah founder Henriette ...