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Essay Jeremy Dauber On Touring with Sholem Aleichem Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Yiddish literature at Columbia University, where he also serves as director of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and… Jeremy Dauber October 8, 2013
Essay On Writing a Fictionalized Account of Baruch Spinoza’s Family Earlier this week, Gabi Gleichmann wrote about the genesis of his debut novel and his fascination with reading and writing. His debut novel, The Elixir of… Gabi Gleichmann October 4, 2013
Essay A Jewish Family Tree: The Genesis of The Elixir of Immortality Earlier this week, Gabi Gleichmann wrote about his fascination with reading and writing. His debut novel, The Elixir of Immortality, is now available from Other… Gabi Gleichmann October 2, 2013
Essay The One About Process This week, Mary Glickman, the author of Home in the Morning , National Jewish Book Award Fiction FinalistOne More River, and the forthcoming Marching to… Mary Glickman October 2, 2013
Essay Never Alone, Never Lonely Gabi Gleichmann was born in Budapest in 1954 and moved to Sweden at the age of 10. After studies in literature and philosophy, he worked as a journalist and… Gabi Gleichmann September 30, 2013
Essay The Balabusta Gene Earlier this week, Jamie Geller wrote about her very first potato kugel. Jamie, known as the “Queen of Kosher” (CBS) and the “Jewish Rachael Ray” (New York Times), is… Jamie Geller September 24, 2013