Welcome to our thrice-yearly Literary Link, a labor of love by your Jewish Link editors, who all love to read and have found reading (and of course writing) to be absolutely foundational to our lives. Our purpose in presenting a regular special section on books is to promote the joy and value of reading and lifelong learning, and, of course, to bring you the most interesting and exciting books of the season, this time with an eye to Chanukah gift-giving and enjoyment.

This fall, our bookshelves have been veritably exploding with new books to read, from many different publishers. It’s with great pleasure that I had a chance to chat with one of the authors featured in this season’s Link, Ruth Wisse, whose memoir was very impressive and profound. I look forward to your feedback and I hope you will check the book out for yourself.

Thanks to all of our contributors to Literary Link, both new and longstanding, who work hard all year to help us make our editorial choices. Happy reading!

By Elizabeth Kratz