Arts & Leisure
Jewish novels that explore lives shattered and rebuilt: Moriel Rothman-Zecher’s ‘Before All the World’ and Dani Shapiro’s ‘Signal Fires’
Winnipeg writer Méira Cook’s ‘The Full Catastrophe’ is a novel about embracing who you are
5 finalists have been announced for the 2022 J.I. Segal Award for best Jewish-themed book from Quebec
Gary Shteyngart’s ‘Our Country Friends’ is a throwback to where the social distancing era began
Looking at the dancer in the mirror through Alice Robb’s book about ballerina culture
‘A Ballet of Lepers’ is giving readers a glimpse into how Leonard Cohen became Leonard Cohen
The mental health impact of Yom Kippur is one of the angles explored in Rachel Aviv’s book ‘Strangers to Ourselves’
A dive into the newest Canadian Jewish non-fiction—from Moshe Safdie on architecture to Christopher Silver on music in North Africa
The CJN’s book columnist talks to author Kathy Kacer about how to write about the Holocaust for younger audiences and the true story of a Jewish circus performer