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Autobiography & Memoir

Essay

If It Did­n’t Exact­ly Hap­pen, Can It Be True?

Ear­li­er this week, Andrea Simon​’s wrote about trans­form­ing her fam­i­ly mem­oir into a nov­el, which was pub­lished ear­li­er this month: Esfir Is Alive. Andrea is…
Andrea Simon
November 30, 2016
Essay

Rewrit­ing My Fam­i­ly Mem­oir as a Work of Fiction

Andrea Simon​’s nov­el Esfir Is Alive was pub­lished ear­li­er this month. She will be guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe…
Andrea Simon
November 28, 2016
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Non­fic­tion
Where Mem­o­ry Leads
Saul Friedlander
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Non­fic­tion
When Mem­o­ry Comes
Saul Friedlander
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Non­fic­tion
Car­ry This Book
Abbi Jacobson
Essay

My Grand­moth­er, Bertie Grad Schwartz

Roger Horowitz is the author of Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Oth­er Tales of Mod­ern Food. Fol­low­ing up Elis­sa Altman’s writ­ing about Treyf last week, Roger is…
Roger Horowitz
September 26, 2016
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Non­fic­tion
The Jew Store
Stella Suberman
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
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We Were the Future: A Mem­oir of the Kibbutz
Yael Neeman; Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans.
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
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The Ghet­to Swinger
Coco Shumann; John Howard, trans.
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37 Sec­onds: Dying Revealed Heav­en’s Help – A Moth­er’s Journey
Stephanie Arnold
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