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Interview Interview: A. J. Sidransky with Barbara M. BibelA. J. Sidransky’s novels Forgiving Máximo Rothman and Forgiving Mariela Camacho combine history and mystery to provide readers with… Barbara M. Bibel March 15, 2016
Interview Interview: Devra Lehmann with Michal Hoschander MalenDevra Lehmann is the author of Spinoza: The Outcast Thinker, winner of the 2014 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Children’s… Michal Hoschander Malen February 21, 2016
Interview Interview: Laura Amy Schlitz with Michal Hoschander MalenJewish Book Council and Laura Amy Schlitz sat down to talk about Laura’s young adult novel The Hired Girl, which recently won both the… Michal Hoschander Malen February 9, 2016
Interview Interview: Ian Buruma with Bob Goldfarb InTheir Promised Land, Ian Buruma tells the extraordinary story of his own grandparents: British Jews who were apart during the World Wars and stayed… Bob Goldfarb February 2, 2016
Interview Interview: Gavriel Savit with Shira SchindelJewish Book Council sat down with Gavriel Savit to discuss his debut novel, Anna and the Swallow Man, the velvety mind of Borges, Holocaust fatigue,… Shira Schindel January 21, 2016
Interview Interview: Rachel Cantor with Elise CooperFans of A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World: A Novel will recognize Rachel Cantor’s… Elise Cooper December 29, 2015