Film & Book Reviews

‘Anyada Buena!’: A New Children’s Book, ‘A Turkish Rosh Hashanah,’ Paints a Vibrant Picture of an Ancient Jewish Community

Why a New Jewish Documentary Podcast, ‘The Nightingale of Iran,’ Absolutely Soars

Jewish Diversity Simmers in New Children’s Picture Book, ‘This Is Not a Cholent’ (book review)

Thank You, Mrs. Maisel, and Goodnight (on the end of an era)

What Happens When Career Ambition Clashes with Cherished Religious Values? ( a review of Judy Gruen’s sage memoir)

Book Review: The Jewish “Titan of Tehran” Whose Murder Still Haunts Iran Today (and whom Iranian Jews will never forget)

Book Review: Vibrant Children’s Picture Book Explores Passover in 1950s Iran (finally, Middle Eastern-looking villagers in a Jewish kids book)

Book Review: A Young Woman’s Spellbinding Journey “From Miniskirt to Hijab” (Jacqueline Saper’s critically important memoir)

Is It Ever Enough? How the Road to Happiness is Paved with Gratitude (NOVEMBER 2022 COVER STORY)

For a Deaf Woman From Iran, Freedom Never Sounded So Good (on The Lip Reader)

Film Review: Intermarriage, Iranian-Jewish Style (a haunting short film from Meital Cohen Navarro)

Book Review: A Beginner’s Guide to America (Roya Hakakian’s hilarious roadmap for the immigrant experience)

Children’s Book Ponders How “Moses Could Have Been Selfish (a simple, yet extraordinary question for all readers)

Children’s Book Combines the Wisdom of the Talmud with the Ancient Poetry of Rumi (a mystical combination that makes both sources digestible)

A Jewish Children’s Book That Addresses Parental Conversion (a teaching lesson for Jews of every background)

Podcast: Why “Ask a Jew” Is My Favorite Jewish Podcast of 2022 (recognizing Yael Bar Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin)