For all its holiness, Jerusalem has often been a disappointment to visitors, including those with designs on the city. T. E. Lawrence, the British officer who led the Arabs in revolt during World War ...
James Carroll’s latest book is very ambitious. Invoking history, anthropology, social psychology, geography and theology, the author, a former Catholic priest, delves into the stories of the violence ...
JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY By Simon Sebag Montefiore Knopf, $35, 688 pages, illustrated For much of the past 2,000 years, as Jewish families have gathered around the table for the annual Passover Seder, ...
All coverage of the official opening on February 20 of the 25th Jerusalem International Book Fair focused on British author Ian McEwan's acceptance of the Jerusalem Book Prize, Israel's highest ...
The Jerusalem International Book Fair celebrated its jubilee year, opening up its 26th biennial event on February 10, and the first in 30 years without its charismatic and beloved chairman Zev Birger ...
The British novelist Ian McEwan was awarded the Jerusalem Prize at the Jerusalem International Book Fair earlier this week. The award had caused controversy in the United Kingdom, where McEwan was ...
Much has been written over recent months about the length of Alan Moore's Jerusalem – largely because for a long time, that was pretty much all anyone knew about it. At almost 1,200 pages, the ...
Tmol Shilshom, the legendary coffee house for book lovers, located in Jerusalem’s Nachalat Shiva neighborhood, is marking 30 years with a series of events in June. Writers Etgar Keret and Eshkol Nevo, ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...