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Interview Interview: Howard Jacobson on “The Swag Man” by Tahneer OksmanHoward Jacobson is a Manchester-born author and the recent recipient of the Man Booker Prize, as well as two Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prizes… Tahneer Oksman July 19, 2013
Essay A Tale of Two Cities: From London to New York We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the past several weeks, we shared their responses:Digging Deep… Francesca Segal May 29, 2013
Interview An Interview with Naomi Alderman by Ada BrunsteinNaomi Alderman was a finalist for the 2007 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and is a Sami Rohr Prize Literary Institute fellow.… Ada Brunstein May 3, 2013
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Francesca Segal Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLast week, Ben Lerner expressed his desire for readers to be active participants in the construction of what a poem or novel means.… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 3, 2013
Essay Dating and Doctors Earlier this week, Francesca Segal wrote about recasting a classic novel and about being asked the question “Who are your characters REALLY?”. She has been… Francesca Segal July 13, 2012
Essay Who Are Your Characters REALLY? On Monday, Francesca Segal wrote about recasting a classic novel. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.It’s… Francesca Segal July 11, 2012
Essay Recasting a Classic Francesca Segal’s debut novel The Innocents is now available. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.I would never have set… Francesca Segal July 9, 2012
Nonfiction People of the Book: Philosemitism in England from Cromwell to Churchill Gertrude Himmelfarb
Nonfiction Jewish London: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Visitors and Londoners Rachel Kolsky and Roslyn Rawson
Essay Montefiore’s Ramsgate Earlier this week, Sami Rohr Prize Choice Award Winner Dr. Abigail Green wrote about the making of a good biography and traveling in the footsteps of… Abigail Green May 11, 2012
Essay Seeking Fact, Finding the Unknowable Debra Spark’s newest book, The Pretty Girl, is now available. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.In literature, as in… Debra Spark April 23, 2012
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Abigail Green Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn January, we announced the five finalists for this year’s Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. The winner of this prize receives… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 6, 2012
