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Essay Etgar Keret on Fat Cats JBC Staff January 22, 2010 Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterEtgar Keret writes for Tablet mag about “Fat Cats:”Ehud Olmert, like the author’s son, believes in the feline defense: ‘I’m a cat, not a regular person, and the rules don’t apply to me’ More from JBC Staff Previous Jewish Atheism vs. Atheism Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Next Jewish vs. Goyish: The Year in Review Melissa Broder Related Reading Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Rebecca Schiff Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging fiction authors named as finalists for the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Today, we… JBC Staff May 2, 2017 News The Holocaust Book Award in Memory of Ernest W. Michel Named for 2017 JBC Staff March 7, 2017 Recommended Reading April 2014 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Suzanne: The Harem Midwife (Roberta Rich) | Naomi: A Bintel Brief (Liana Finck)Miri: The Inn at Lake Devine (Elinor Lipman) | Nat:… JBC Staff April 10, 2014 Recommended Reading Jewish Book Council Staff Picks for December 2016 Find out what the Jewish Book Council staff is reading this month!MimiSababa by Yamin Levy is an interesting book of two stories, both taking place in Jerusalem, but… JBC Staff December 15, 2016
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Rebecca Schiff Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging fiction authors named as finalists for the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Today, we… JBC Staff May 2, 2017
News The Holocaust Book Award in Memory of Ernest W. Michel Named for 2017 JBC Staff March 7, 2017
Recommended Reading April 2014 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Suzanne: The Harem Midwife (Roberta Rich) | Naomi: A Bintel Brief (Liana Finck)Miri: The Inn at Lake Devine (Elinor Lipman) | Nat:… JBC Staff April 10, 2014
Recommended Reading Jewish Book Council Staff Picks for December 2016 Find out what the Jewish Book Council staff is reading this month!MimiSababa by Yamin Levy is an interesting book of two stories, both taking place in Jerusalem, but… JBC Staff December 15, 2016