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Essay On Chaim Potok’s The Chosen Molly Antopol is a recent Wallace Stegner Fellow and current Jones Lecturer at Stanford University. She’s a recipient of the 5 Under 35 award from… Molly Antopol February 4, 2014
Essay Every Word Counts Earlier this week, Joshua Max Feldman wrote about why he chose to write a novel based on the Book of Jonah and who would be on his Jewish Mount Rushmore. His debut… Joshua Max Feldman January 31, 2014
Essay Jewish Books Booming in the Heart of Dixie by Dina WeinsteinMemoirs, diaries, and collections tell the Southern Jewish story.It’s an experience that has gained popularity based on the classics of this… Dina Weinstein January 30, 2014
Essay Why the Book of Jonah? Earlier this week, Joshua Max Feldman wrote about who would be on his Jewish Mount Rushmore. His debut novel, The Book of Jonah, will be published on February 4th by… Joshua Max Feldman January 29, 2014
Essay Woody Allen’s Jewish Soul Last year, David Evanier wrote about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the best overlooked American Jewish novelist. He is writing the biography of Woody Allen for St.… David Evanier January 28, 2014
Essay My Storied Food This week, Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Comfort of Lies and The Murderer’s Daughters, blogs for the JBC about a special (and delicious) offer for book… Randy Susan Meyers January 28, 2014
