Operatic singer Hila Plitmann got quite the surprise when fellow Grammy nominee and poet Todd Boss got down on one knee and popped the question on the red carpet at the awards ceremony on Feb. 2.

“How to Love Your Daughter” is Hila Blum’s second novel and her U.S. debut, in a lively, vivid translation from the Hebrew by Daniella Zamir, and it is a stone-cold masterwork of ...

Hila Rotem Shoshani, 13, was among the hostages released from Gaza late Saturday, according to a statement from the Israeli government. She was kidnapped Oct. 7 from her home in Kibbutz Be’eri ...