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Essay Joanna Rakoff: Parallel Lives In her last blog, Joanna Rakoff wrote about how, in her own way, Jane Austen wrote about being an undercover Jewish writer. Laurie Colwin was, in… Joanna Rakoff July 28, 2009
Essay Joanna Rakoff: The French Revolution Joanna Rakoff, author of A Fortunate Age and former editor of Nextbook.org, is guest-blogging for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish… Joanna Rakoff July 27, 2009
Essay Ariel Sabar: A Time to Put Aside the Armor Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAriel Sabar, author of My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, wrote an essay for last… JBC Staff July 20, 2009
Essay David Plotz: Why Is Judaism Such a Failure? In his last blog, David Plotz, author of Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single… David Plotz July 17, 2009
Essay Borges and the Jews Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJorge Luis BorgesYesterday Zeek at Jewcy posted the final section of Ilan Stavans’ monograph on Borges and the Jews:In this,… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 16, 2009
Essay Tablet on Yoel Hoffmann Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterTablet featured this week’s Jewish Book Council recommended read (sign up for our weekly e‑mails here) Curriculum… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 16, 2009
