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Essay “I’ve heard of Jews with horns, but wings? An innovation!” by Barbara Klein MossEarlier this week, Jewish Book Council interviewed Barbara Klein Moss, the author of The Language of Paradise: A Novel about the… Barbara Klein Moss July 31, 2015
Essay Discovering the Pinch: Part II; or, Animating a Literary Golem Earlier this week, Steve Stern offered his recollections of the Memphis community in which he grew up and the Jewish mythical lore occupying it. His most recent… Steve Stern July 29, 2015
Essay Of Autistic and Crazy Judy Brown wrote the controversial novel Hush—a finalist for the 2011 Sydney Taylor Award for outstanding book on the Jewish experience — under a pseudonym… Judy Brown July 27, 2015
Essay Discovering the Pinch: Part I Steve Stern, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, is the author of several previous novels and story collections, including The Book of Mischief and The Frozen… Steve Stern July 27, 2015
Essay Street-Corner Sociology in South Williamsburg Earlier this week, John Benditt pondered whether or not Proust was Jewish and wrote about identity and writing. The Boatmaker is his debut novel. He has been blogging… John Benditt July 24, 2015
Essay On the Passing of E. L. Doctorow Posted by Evie Saphire-Bernstein“A book is not complete until it’s read. The reader’s mind flows through sentences as through a circuit – it illuminates them and… Evie Saphire-Bernstein July 22, 2015
