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‘My husband was embarrassed’: Two women in one family publish erotic books and break taboos together

Chen Defsames and her mother-in-law Or-El Maor describe how writing erotica became a shared path and how their families reacted; ‘stop shaming everything connected to erotica’

Yael Garty | 12.03.25

'You think you’ve reached the bottom, and then it goes deeper': The ghostwriter of Israel’s hostage stories speaks

Eli Halifa, the ghostwriter behind harrowing testimonies of October 7 heroes and returned hostages, describes the burden of holding others’ pain as he pieces together lives marked by courage, loss and survival — and the moment the stories broke him too

Smadar Shiloni | 11.24.25

Woody Allen’s debut novel What's With Baum? is shallow, neurotic, occasionally funny

In What's With Baum?, Woody Allen returns to his familiar neurotic, narcissistic New Yorker — a self-absorbed intellectual with no self-awareness; at 90, Allen continues his self-referential storytelling, equal parts charming and cringeworthy

Navit Barel | 11.15.25

Eli Sharabi’s memoir named among Time magazine’s 100 must-read books of 2025

Entitled 'Hostage,' book recounting Sharabi's 491 days in Hamas captivity earns a spot on Time magazine’s list of 100 must-read books for 2025, alongside works by Margaret Atwood, Patti Smith and Nobel laureate Han Kang

Omer Tessel | 11.12.25

The cover of the English edition of Eli Sharabi's best-selling memoir Hostage

Hostage memoir by Israeli survivor Eli Sharabi reaches No. 4 on New York Times bestseller list

Sharabi’s memoir, recounting his 491 days in Hamas captivity and the loss of his family in the October 7 attack, struck a chord with US readers, earning critical acclaim and major sales just a week after its release

Ynet | 10.16.25

Be'eri Press and Israeli startup bring personalized children's books to life

Reopened days after the October 7 massacre, Be'eri Press now prints personalized kids’ books with Israeli startup MeBook.AI; combining AI illustrations with human-written stories, the books are winning young readers, and targeting global expansion

Tal Shahaf | 09.30.25

Former hostage Eli Sharabi's memoir to be released in English in US on anniversary of October 7 attack

The English-language edition of Sharabi's book 'Kidnapped', about his 491 days in Hamas captivity, will be released by Harper Influence, an imprint of HarperCollins, one of the largest publishing companies in the world; 'A historic testimony to a reality that should never have existed'

Hagar Kochavi, Lihi Gordon | 07.10.25

ד"ר איגור שופק מחזיק את הספר בעמודים שעוסקים בהצבעה באום על הקמת המדינה

Ukrainian textbook praises Israel, recognizes Jerusalem as its capital

A new government-approved Ukrainian textbook for 11th graders devotes 11 pages to Israel’s history, frames its wars as just, and condemns Hamas; It emphasizes Ukraine’s role in 1947, names Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and promotes Holocaust education nationwide

Itamar Eichner | 06.30.25

Surge in Israeli prose writing, books about October 7 in 2024, National Library reports

Hebrew Book Week highlights Israel’s literary surge: 7,000 titles published in 2024, including 548 Gaza war-focused works and 60 children’s books addressing trauma; National Library documents cultural resilience amid post-October 7 recovery

Ynet | 06.09.25

Beachwood branch of the Cuyahoga Public Library

Man checks 100 books about Jewish, African American and LGBTQ history from public library, burns them

The books were borrowed from the Cuyahoga County library from a branch in a Cleveland suburb that is nearly 90% Jewish; He burns the books and posts a video of the act on social media

Ynetnews | 05.12.25

The book Zuckerberg wants to silence is a bestseller

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism — a memoir by a former Facebook staffer, becomes a global success despite Meta's attempt to suppress sales

Israel Wullman | 03.26.25

'From the river to the sea': Police confiscate inciteful coloring book in East Jerusalem

Reports by international outlets spark backlash against security forces in Jerusalem after arrest of bookstore owners accused of selling terror-inciting materials

Liran Tamari | 02.10.25

How did a small book about a Holocaust survivor become an international bestseller?

Dr. Limor Regev says she never imagined the book she wrote as a birthday gift for a Holocaust survivor, recounting his life and struggles, would be translated into multiple languages and sell thousands of copies

Zipporah Roman | 01.02.25

Court fines Haredi library for discriminating against single woman

Bnei Brak Municipality to pay up for refusing to lend books to a woman from the community because she was single; the court condemned the discrimination, rules no law or regulation justified banning unmarried women from borrowing certain books

Lital Dobrovitzky | 12.31.24

Ancient tome saves Azeri Jewish community in Persian invasion

Ancient Kabbalistic book changes the fate of the Jews in the town of Qusar in 1733 after the Persian conqueror prepares to murder all the Jewish men; a special exhibit now showcases the book and the community's rich history

Itamar Eichner | 11.03.24

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