Post­ed by Nat BernsteinWere you aware that over the past decade Amer­i­cans have been dri­ving few­er total miles each year — a pat­tern that has­n’t trend­ed…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinI just came across the book cov­ers for the U.S. and U.K. edi­tions of Women in Clothes at the same time and I hon­est­ly can­not decide which…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinVet­er­an Chabad emis­sary to Yor­ba Lin­da and sit­ting pres­i­dent of the Rab­bini­cal Coun­cil of Orange Coun­ty and Long Beach, Cal­i­for­nia Rab­bi…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinWhen­ev­er W. W. Nor­ton & Co. picks up a work of fic­tion, you know it’s going to be good — espe­cial­ly when they give it a book…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinIt’s been a great cou­ple weeks for his­tor­i­cal fic­tion, from Janis Cooke New­man’s list of Top 5 His­tor­i­cal Nov­els for sum­mer 2015 (and…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinSum­mer def­i­nite­ly ain’t over yet: August is bring­ing in a hearty new crop of books to read before the kids get back from camp — includ­ing Days…

by Nat Bern­steinIntrigued by a nefar­i­ous Jew­ish char­ac­ter in Bar­bara Klein Moss’s debut nov­el, Jew­ish Book Coun­cil sought to learn more about the sym­pa­thet­ic…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinIn case you need­ed an excuse to reread Helene Weck­er’s stun­ning 2013 nov­el, the book cov­er for the Indone­sian edi­tion of The Golem and the Jin­ni…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinMark your cal­en­dars for Jan­u­ary 26, because Rachel Can­tor​’s next book will be hit­ting the shelves!Those who read Rachel’s first nov­el,…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinExcel­lent news! Ayelet Tsabar­i’s debut col­lec­tion of short sto­ries, The Best Place on Earth—which won the 2015 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinWe all have one: that book rec­om­mend­ed to us over and over again that we nev­er read. Per­haps it becomes some­thing of a per­son­al badge past…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinI’m afraid to admit it, but I have lit­tle patience for Passover. Almost none. And the seder least of all.Don’t get me wrong: I observe the…