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Essay This Blog Post Has No Title. Here’s Why. This week, Jean Hanff Korelitz, the author of You Should Have Known (available today from Grand Central Publishing) as well as four previous novels, a poetry… Jean Hanff Korelitz March 18, 2014
Essay Ask Big Questions: How Do You Recharge? The Jewish Book Council is delighted to launch a new blog series in partnership with Ask Big Questions, an initiative out of Hillel International aimed at… Joshua Henkin March 18, 2014
Essay Jews Don’t Celebrate Christmas (Except in Prison in the Islam Republic of Iran) Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd were imprisoned in Iran in 2009. Shourd was released one year later and worked to secure Bauer and Fattal’s return in 2011. Since… Joshua Fattal March 17, 2014
Essay Stained Glass Earlier this week, Tova Mirvis wrote about the parts of New York that are buried out of sight and how that relates to her fiction and how both novelists and voyeurs watch… Tova Mirvis March 14, 2014
Essay The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter by Michal Hoschander MalenThe New York Public Library has curated an outstanding new exhibit titled The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter. On display is… Michal Hoschander Malen March 13, 2014
Essay The City Below Earlier this week, Tova Mirvis wrote about how both novelists and voyeurs watch other people, trying to uncover the hidden parts of their lives. Her newest novel,… Tova Mirvis March 12, 2014
