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Interview An Interview with Adelle Waldman: Part I In this three-part interview series, JBC’s Nat Bernstein spoke with Adelle Waldman, whose debut novel The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. was recently published by Henry Holt… Nat Bernstein October 9, 2013 Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Sarah Bunin Benor Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe JBC is proud to welcome five new finalists to the Sami Rohr Prize community. This year’s contenders tackle a wide range of… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 9, 2013 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 Recommended Reading October 2013 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Joyce: Dan Gets a Minivan (Dan Zevin) | Naomi: The Kraus Project (Jonathan Franzen)Carolyn: Like Dreamers (Yossi Klein Halevi) |… JBC Staff October 7, 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 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Kraus Project Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn The Kraus Project: Essays by Karl Kraus, Jonathan Franzen gives new voice to the great nineteenth-century European critic Karl Kraus.… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 3, 2013 Pagination Previous page Newer Current page325 Next page Older Pagination First page 1 … Page323 Page324 Current page325 Page326 Page327 … Last page 491
Interview An Interview with Adelle Waldman: Part I In this three-part interview series, JBC’s Nat Bernstein spoke with Adelle Waldman, whose debut novel The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. was recently published by Henry Holt… Nat Bernstein October 9, 2013
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Sarah Bunin Benor Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe JBC is proud to welcome five new finalists to the Sami Rohr Prize community. This year’s contenders tackle a wide range of… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 9, 2013
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
Recommended Reading October 2013 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Joyce: Dan Gets a Minivan (Dan Zevin) | Naomi: The Kraus Project (Jonathan Franzen)Carolyn: Like Dreamers (Yossi Klein Halevi) |… JBC Staff October 7, 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
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Kraus Project Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn The Kraus Project: Essays by Karl Kraus, Jonathan Franzen gives new voice to the great nineteenth-century European critic Karl Kraus.… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 3, 2013