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Essay Yahrzeit Earlier this week, Jessica Lamb-Shapiro wrote about writing a book on self-help. The book, Promise Land: My Journey through America’s Self-Help Culture, is now… Jessica Lamb-Shapiro August 21, 2014
Essay Parent-Child Book Club: Shanghai Jews What trends in adult literature often sees its reflection in children’s publications — and now, more than ever, the other way around. In reviewing the 2014 – 2015 JBC… JBC Staff August 21, 2014
Essay It’s All About the Journey This week, Zoe Fishman— the author of Saving Ruth, Balancing Acts, and her latest, Driving Lessons— blogs for The Postscript on her own driving lessons and the… Zoe Fishman August 19, 2014
Essay What’s Your Book About? Jessica Lamb-Shapiro has written for the New York Times Magazine, Time, and The Believer. Her book, Promise Land: My Journey through America’s Self-Help Culture, is now… Jessica Lamb-Shapiro August 19, 2014
Essay How I Came to Write Jewish Artists and the Bible in 20th-Century America Earlier this week, Samantha Baskind wrote about the artist Jack Levine and about some of the artists she interviewed for Encyclopedia of Jewish American Artists.… Samantha Baskind August 15, 2014
Essay Finding Jack Levine Earlier this week, Samantha Baskind wrote about some of the artists she interviewed for Encyclopedia of Jewish American Artists. In the first chapter of her newest… Samantha Baskind August 13, 2014
