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Essay The Creative Process and the Jewish Arts Earlier this week, Nora Gold shared her discovery of Jewish music and its influence on her latest novel, The Dead Man. Nora is blogging here all week as part of the… Nora Gold May 4, 2016
Essay In the Clearing Stands a (Jewish) Boxer Mike Silver is a boxing historian whose second book, Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing: A Photographic History, comes out… Mike Silver May 3, 2016
Essay The Power of Jewish Music Nora Gold’s latest book, The Dead Man, follows the story of a composer of Jewish sacred music and a music therapist with an unconquerable obsession. Nora is… Nora Gold May 2, 2016
Essay Everything Is Fresh and New Barbara Kreiger is the author of The Dead Sea and the Jordan River, a chronicle of the natural and human history of two of the Middle East’s most iconic bodies… Barbara Kreiger April 29, 2016
Essay Voices Within the Ark: The Modern Jewish Poets Voices Within the Ark: The Modern Jewish PoetsHoward Schwartz reflects on Voices Within the Ark: The Modern Jewish Poets, published in 1980. Voices in… Howard Schwartz April 28, 2016
Essay Beautiful Because It Simply Is Barbara Kreiger is the author of The Dead Sea and the Jordan River, a chronicle of the natural and human history of two of the Middle East’s most iconic bodies… Barbara Kreiger April 27, 2016