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Essay Pam Jenoff on Writing the War In this three-part series for the Visiting Scribe, internationally bestselling novelist Pam Jenoff explores how her years in Poland changed her life and led her to… Pam Jenoff August 27, 2014
Essay Faith and Fiction: This Jewish Woman’s Journey to Becoming a Novelist In this three-part series for the Visiting Scribe, internationally bestselling novelist Pam Jenoff explores how her years in Poland changed her life and led her to… Pam Jenoff August 25, 2014
Nonfiction Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film Glenn Kurtz
Recommended Reading The Jews of Poland: Recollections and Recipes by Edouard de Pomiane Last week, Rebecca Miller wrote about Gluckel of Hameln. She has been sharing texts that shed light on the history of Jewish life in France, the setting of her new… Rebecca Miller May 23, 2013
Essay Michael Wex’s Indiegogo Campaign to Fund Translation of Yiddish Novel by Jackie AnzarootMichael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch and well-known Yiddish scholar, is currently trying to crowd-fund his next project, a translation of… Jackie Anzaroot May 14, 2013
Nonfiction Isaac’s Army: A Story of Courage and Survival in Nazi-Occupied Poland Matthew Brzezinski
Nonfiction With a Yellow Star and a Red Cross: A Doctor in the Lodz Ghetto Arnold Mostowicz; Antony Polonsky, fwd.; Henia and Nochem Reinhartz, trans.
