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Author Nicholas Lemann to join the Chronicle Book Club
“Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries,” by Nicholas Lemann
Miriam Udel (Photo by Sarah Woods)
BooksMiriam Udel, prominent scholar of Yiddish literature, comes to Pittsburgh
By Emma Riva
Miriam Udel (Photo by Sarah Woods)
October 19, 2026, 9:30 am
Miriam Udel, prominent scholar of Yiddish literature, comes to Pittsburgh
Udel hopes her role as darshanit helps more audiences access Yiddish texts and be curious about the past.
By Emma Riva
Sally Rooney, left, promotes her novel "Intermezzo" at London’s Southbank Centre, Sept. 25, 2024. Moderator Merve Emre is at right. (Faber & Faber via X)
October 15, 2026, 10:53 am
Sally Rooney’s publisher stops selling her books in Britain, citing ban on pro-Palestinian group she backs
Author agrees with the publisher’s decision, saying she is prepared to accept the consequences for supporting Palestine Action, a group proscribed as a terrorist organization.
By Lianne Kolirin
Author Maxwell King, left, and Heinz History Center CEO Andy Masich discuss painter Aaron Gorson. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
September 30, 2026, 5:11 pm
Pittsburgh painter Aaron Gorson revisited in new book and talk
He understood 'in a really gut way what was so powerful about Pittsburgh culture and the Pittsburgh environment back at the beginning of the 20th century'
By Adam Reinherz
Author E.G. Silverman is returning to Pittsburgh for a public reading. (Photo by Princeton Headshots courtesy of E.G. Silverman)
September 28, 2026, 3:53 pm
Writer E.G. Silverman returns to Pittsburgh to read at JCC
'When you're writing, it's all internal. It's all in your head. It's all you know on paper. It's all very much just isolated. But when you're doing a reading, you can actually connect with people.'
By Adam Reinherz
Pittsburgh Jewish Book Festival returns with purpose. (Photo by Esra Afşar via Pexels)
September 25, 2026, 3:13 pm
Pittsburgh Jewish Book Festival returns with aim to educate and entertain
During these 'polarizing times,' it’s important to hear from people who can promote thoughtful public conversation
By Adam Reinherz
Ariana Harwicz in 2018 (Photo by Freddy eduardo, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
September 23, 2026, 2:24 pm
350 writers oppose Jewish novelist’s exclusion in Spain
Signatories demand public redress for Ariana Harwicz after Granada organizers cited her opposition to cultural boycotts of Israel.
By Canaan Lidor | JNS
Zoje Stage. (Photo courtesy of Zoje Stage)
September 8, 2026, 3:29 pm
Pittsburgh author’s newest thriller makes no mystery of animals, earth
'I'm not subtle in the point that I'm making, and I'm not trying to be'
By Adam Reinherz
August 30, 2026, 5:45 pm
Author Nicholas Lemann to join the Chronicle Book Club
“Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries,” by Nicholas Lemann
In "Playmakers," Michael Kimmel writes about the mostly first-generation American Jews who led the toy industry in the 20th century, and in many ways invented the American idea of childhood. (W.W. Norton)
August 30, 2026, 10:18 am
This American childhood was brought to you by Jewish toymakers
Michael Kimmel’s new book traces how first-generation Jews created the dolls, games, comics and stories that shaped generations of children.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
New Jewish children's books released for the High Holidays in 2026 include ones about awe, tashlich and apologizing for burping. (Image courtesy of JTA)
August 21, 2026, 9:35 am
From fake burps to reverse tashlich, new children’s books bring the High Holidays to life
A bumper crop of new books for 2026 includes several focused on Sukkot.
By Penny Schwartz
Meg Keene is helming Meg Keene Books, a new fiction imprint from Wicked Son, a Jewish publisher. (Courtesy Keene)
July 29, 2026, 10:17 am
Feeling excluded in the literary world, Jews launch their own publishing houses
Meg Keene, an activist whose own novel failed to sell, is helming an eponymous imprint at Wicked Son Books.
By Philissa Cramer
Harold Grinspoon received a warm welcome by the several hundredparticipants at PJ Library's conference held in April 2026 in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Courtesy PJ Library)
July 27, 2026, 12:13 pm
The man who changed Jewish bedtime stories is still reinventing himself at 97
The philanthropist Harold Grinspoon has taken up art while continuing to fund the expansion of PJ Library.
By Penny Schwartz
The Posner Center at Carnegie Mellon University. (Photo courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University)
July 21, 2026, 1:19 pm
At CMU’s newly reopened Posner Center, history is hidden in the margins
Since reopening in November 2025, the Posner Center has welcomed more than 8,000 visitors.
By Octavia Liku
Political strategist and author of 'The Hidden Hand,' Warren Kinsella. (Dave Gordon)
July 17, 2026, 12:32 pm
Author: coordinated anti-Israel propaganda campaign blindsided West after Oct. 7
Veteran political strategist Warren Kinsella claims that "spontaneous outrage" on the streets is actually being planned by state actors and professional agitators
By Dave Gordon
July 12, 2026, 4:14 pm
Join the Chronicle Book Club!
“As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us – A Defiant Memoir of Heritage, Identity, and Antisemitism,” by Sarah Hurwitz
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