Jewish Literary Links
Toward the end of each week, the My Machberet blog presents a collection of links, drawn primarily from the world of Jewish books and writing.
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18 (More) Jewish Books on My 2026 Radar
This is a follow-up to a post that covered the first half of 2026. As I mentioned then: “If you follow bookish sites, or even simply book coverage elsewhere, you’ve likely been catching lots of lists setting forth the ‘most anticipated’ books of 2026. Once again, as far as I’ve noticed in the ‘mainstream’ examples, the presence of Jewish books—particularly books by authors who don’t make it a regular practice of declaring their ‘good Jew’ anti-Zionist bona fides—ranges between ‘slight’ and ‘nonexistent.'”
Something similar applies when it comes to books publishing this summer and fall.
The 18 titles below are books I know about because they’re written by friends/acquaintances, or because they’ve otherwise come to my attention (in part, via the Edelweiss platform). But they’re only a sampling of those on my radar for the second half of 2026.
Now, they’ll be on yours, too.
(more…)Words of the Week: Amos Harel
I’m seeing Hebrew-readers rave about journalist Amos Harel’s new book 06:29. But until an English translation becomes available (anyone with intel on when that will happen?), Harel’s recent conversation with Yonit Levi and Jonathan Freedland may have to suffice.
Jewish Literary Links
Toward the end of each week, the My Machberet blog presents a collection of links, drawn primarily from the world of Jewish books and writing.
(more…)Words of the Week: Howard Jacobson
From the Unholy podcast: “Howard Jacobson screamed ‘liar’ at the BBC every day for two years. Then he wrote a novel. Howl — hailed as a comic masterpiece — is the first serious post-October 7 novel: the story of a Jewish headmaster in South London who watches the educated world he believed in applaud a massacre and slowly lose his mind. Jacobson joins Yonit Levi and Jonathan Freedland to discuss the ungovernable rage behind the book, why he chose comedy as the vehicle for it, the friends he lost, and the question he and his wife have started asking each other: is it still safe to be here?”