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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Fun Parts Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn Sam Lipsyte’s newest collection, The Fun Parts (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), he brings to life a reality-brandishing… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 22, 2013
Recommended Reading In a Class by Themselves: A Jewish Fiction Reading List Earlier this week, Michael Lavigne wrote about writing the “Radical Other” and wondered if a writer can take the ego out of writing.He has been blogging… Michael Lavigne February 15, 2013
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Valentine’s Day Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIt’s been two years since a Valentine’s Day edition of JBC Bookshelf. In 2011, we highlighted six titles. Today, we highlight… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 14, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Girl With a Brave Heart Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOriginally published in Hebrew in Israel in 2010, The Girl With a Brave Heart: A Tale from Tehran (Rita Jahanforuz; Vali Mintzi,… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 12, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Force of Things Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPubbing next week from FSG is Alexander Stille’s literary memoir The Force of Things: A Marriage in War and Peace, which tells the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 6, 2013
Recommended Reading Top 25 Literary Classics About Israel During the JFNAGA this past November, JBC shared a list of 25 famous literary classics in the areas of Judaism and Zionism with the Israel Forever Foundation.… JBC Staff February 1, 2013
