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News Witz is a Superhero… Posted by Miri Pomerantz DauberNot only has Josh Cohen’s new book Witz received great reviews and been included on 2010 best fiction lists, it can even save… Miri Pomerantz Dauber January 3, 2011
News Tree of Codes Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterVanity Fair interviews Jonathan Safran Foer’s on his latest…Tree of Codes:Tree of Codes was created by slicing out chunks of text from… JBC Staff November 15, 2010
News A Fine Romance wins 2010 Deems Taylor Award Posted by Dani CrickmanDavid Lehman, author of A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, wrote to us with some exciting news:My… Dani Crickman October 22, 2010
News The big reveal – the list of 2010 – 2011 Jewish Book NETWORK authors is now posted Posted by Miri Pomerantz DauberEvery year, through our Jewish Book NETWORK program, we makeshidduchs between over 200 recently published authors and… Miri Pomerantz Dauber August 26, 2010
News An Even More Jewish Dating Site Than JDate Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAlikewise: Dating based on book tastesLove it.We skimmed the profiles to find a few Jewy ones:On Portnoy’s Complaint:… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 19, 2010
News Kafka Manuscripts: The Fight Over Kafka Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe blogosphere has been abuzz over the the newly found Kafka manuscripts (examples on: JPS, Tablet, and Jewcy). Rodger… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 30, 2010