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Essay Memoir and Kindness Earlier this week, Elissa Altman shared how her memoir Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw found a receptive audience in coastal Maine. Elissa is guest… Elissa Altman September 21, 2016
Essay Treyf Comes to Maine Elissa Altman’s second memoir, Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw, comes out this week. To celebrate her new book’s release, Elissa is guest blogging for the… Elissa Altman September 19, 2016
Essay Encounters with Rabbi Zalman: Rituals for People Healers Earlier this week, Alexander Weinstein shared how the cosmic humor of his science fiction stories was discovered by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. With the release… Alexander Weinstein September 14, 2016
Essay Encounters with Rabbi Zalman: The Humor of Enlightenment Alexander Weinstein is the author of Children of the New World, a provocative collection of science fiction stories of the near-future. With the release of the book… Alexander Weinstein September 12, 2016
Essay The Stories That Never Leave You Earlier this week, Affinity Konar wrote about her first visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the setting of Mischling, after she had already written the book. With the release… Affinity Konar September 9, 2016
Essay Beyond the Birches of Oświęcim Affinity Konar is the author of the novel Mischling and is guest blogging for the Jewish Book Council all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series here on The… Affinity Konar September 6, 2016
Nonfiction Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir Margarita Engle; Edel Rodriguez, illus.