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Essay Drawing a Room of Her Own With the recent release of her book “How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?”: Women and Jewish American Identity in Contemporary Graphic Memoirs, author (and frequent… Tahneer Oksman April 4, 2016
Essay It Isn’t Often You Come Across an Eighth-Generation Israeli Jew Sarit Yishai-Levi is the author of four non-fiction books and the bestselling novel The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem. Sarit is blogging here all week as part of the… Sarit Yishai-Levi April 4, 2016
Essay Golem Stories, from Mysticism to Fiction to the Realm of Plausibility Earlier this week, Matthew Kressel explored the Jewish sources underlying Leonard Nimoy’s Vulcan salute and fantasy literature’s greatest time-traveling epics. He is… Matthew Kressel April 1, 2016
Essay Max Baer, Real and Imagined Earlier this week, Jay Neugeboren shared his personal list of the Jewish sports heroes that made him feel more American. Jay is guest blogging all week as part of the… Jay Neugeboren March 31, 2016
Essay Surviving Leonard Nimoy’s Superhuman Salute Earlier this week, Matthew Kressel explored the Jewish sources underlying fantasy literature’s greatest time-traveling epics. He is guest blogging for the Jewish… Matthew Kressel March 30, 2016
