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JBC Staff Articles Interviews News Steven Siegel, May His Memory Be a Blessing It’s with great sadness that the Jewish Book Council must inform you of the death of Steven Siegel, JBC Board Member, and friend. Steven took on an active role in the Book… JBC Staff January 23, 2012 Recommended Reading Dara Horn’s Single Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLike the music world, authors can now put out digital “singles” online, and latest author to jump on the trend is National Jewish Book… JBC Staff January 20, 2012 Recommended Reading Michael Lavigne’s New Book Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCongrats are in order for 2007 Sami Rohr Prize Choice Award recipient Michael Lavigne (Not Me), who has a new book coming out!… JBC Staff November 22, 2011 News Fall Jewish Book World Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterMost subscribers should have already received their fall issue of Jewish Book World, but for those patiently still waiting, here’s what… JBC Staff September 22, 2011 News NETWORK Class ’11-’12: Second Course Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterSecond Course:Check out the website for Ellen Bari’s Jumping Jenny here.The New York Times reviews Avner… JBC Staff June 6, 2011 News Our Favorite Photo Our favorite photo from the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize Gala, held at the Center for Jewish History in New York City on May 31st:Winner Austin Ratner (The Jump Artist)… JBC Staff June 1, 2011 News Philip Roth = Michael Jordan? Almost. Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterEarlier this morning, Philip Roth was announced as the Man Booker International Prize winner (which carries a £60,000… JBC Staff May 18, 2011 News 100th Anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire A few days behind on this one, but never too late to share some of the great content from the Forward. To commemorate and honor the 100th anniversary of the… JBC Staff March 29, 2011 News 2011 Sami Rohr Prize Winner Announced AUSTIN RATNER WINSTHE $100,000 2011 SAMI ROHR PRIZE FOR JEWISH LITERATUREFOR DEBUT NOVEL THE JUMP ARTIST2011 AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD MAY 31 IN NEW… JBC Staff March 22, 2011 Essay Cynthia Ozick Accepts Jewish Book Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award On Wednesday, March 9th, the Jewish Book Council was pleased to present Cynthia Ozick, “the grande dame of Jewish literature,” with the 2010 Lifetime Achievement… JBC Staff March 11, 2011 Essay Are You, Or Have You Ever Been, a Jewish Writer? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterGabriel Brownstein reflects on what it means to be a Jewish writer, muses on the classic greats (Roth, Ozick, Malamud, Bellow),… JBC Staff March 4, 2011 News 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Finalists FINALISTS FOR ROHR PRIZE IN FICTION ANNOUNCEDFIVE EMERGING AUTHORS OF PROMISEIN RUNNING FOR $100K PRIZE2011 AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD MAY 31 IN NEW… JBC Staff February 10, 2011 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 12 Next page ›› News 2019 National Jewish Book Award Auction February 19, 2020
News Steven Siegel, May His Memory Be a Blessing It’s with great sadness that the Jewish Book Council must inform you of the death of Steven Siegel, JBC Board Member, and friend. Steven took on an active role in the Book… JBC Staff January 23, 2012
Recommended Reading Dara Horn’s Single Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLike the music world, authors can now put out digital “singles” online, and latest author to jump on the trend is National Jewish Book… JBC Staff January 20, 2012
Recommended Reading Michael Lavigne’s New Book Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCongrats are in order for 2007 Sami Rohr Prize Choice Award recipient Michael Lavigne (Not Me), who has a new book coming out!… JBC Staff November 22, 2011
News Fall Jewish Book World Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterMost subscribers should have already received their fall issue of Jewish Book World, but for those patiently still waiting, here’s what… JBC Staff September 22, 2011
News NETWORK Class ’11-’12: Second Course Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterSecond Course:Check out the website for Ellen Bari’s Jumping Jenny here.The New York Times reviews Avner… JBC Staff June 6, 2011
News Our Favorite Photo Our favorite photo from the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize Gala, held at the Center for Jewish History in New York City on May 31st:Winner Austin Ratner (The Jump Artist)… JBC Staff June 1, 2011
News Philip Roth = Michael Jordan? Almost. Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterEarlier this morning, Philip Roth was announced as the Man Booker International Prize winner (which carries a £60,000… JBC Staff May 18, 2011
News 100th Anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire A few days behind on this one, but never too late to share some of the great content from the Forward. To commemorate and honor the 100th anniversary of the… JBC Staff March 29, 2011
News 2011 Sami Rohr Prize Winner Announced AUSTIN RATNER WINSTHE $100,000 2011 SAMI ROHR PRIZE FOR JEWISH LITERATUREFOR DEBUT NOVEL THE JUMP ARTIST2011 AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD MAY 31 IN NEW… JBC Staff March 22, 2011
Essay Cynthia Ozick Accepts Jewish Book Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award On Wednesday, March 9th, the Jewish Book Council was pleased to present Cynthia Ozick, “the grande dame of Jewish literature,” with the 2010 Lifetime Achievement… JBC Staff March 11, 2011
Essay Are You, Or Have You Ever Been, a Jewish Writer? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterGabriel Brownstein reflects on what it means to be a Jewish writer, muses on the classic greats (Roth, Ozick, Malamud, Bellow),… JBC Staff March 4, 2011
News 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Finalists FINALISTS FOR ROHR PRIZE IN FICTION ANNOUNCEDFIVE EMERGING AUTHORS OF PROMISEIN RUNNING FOR $100K PRIZE2011 AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD MAY 31 IN NEW… JBC Staff February 10, 2011
