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Nonfiction What We Brought Back: Jewish Life After Birthright- Reflections by Alumni of Taglit-Birthright Israel Trips Wayne Hoffman
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: My Russian Grandmother and Her American… Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterNational Jewish Book Award Winner Meir Shalev has a memoir coming out on October 4th (translated by NETWORK… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 23, 2011
Essay Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Story “Houses” Earlier this week, Galit and Gilad Seliktar shared the making of the first story and the second story in Farm 54. In… Galit Seliktar, Gilad Seliktar July 15, 2011
Essay Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Story “Spanish Perfume” On Monday, Galit and Gilad Seliktar shared the making of the first story in Farm 54, “The Substitute Lifeguard.” Today, they share… Galit Seliktar, Gilad Seliktar July 13, 2011
Essay Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Graphic Novel The graphic novel Farm 54 is based on three stories written by Galit Seliktar. The stories were first published in Israeli literary magazines and then… Galit Seliktar, Gilad Seliktar July 11, 2011
Essay Cooking and Self-Improvement Earlier, Efrat Libfroind wrote about being a mother and a full-time pastry chef and the only kosher cooking student in class. Her new… Efrat Libfroind June 29, 2011
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: FARM 54 Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPublished today by Ponent Mon: Galit and Gilad Seliktar’s FARM 54: Naomi Firestone-Teeter May 26, 2011
Essay Samuel Thrope: International Historian of Mystery On Monday, Aaron Roller, an editor of Mima’amakim, wrote about the Jewish poetry conspiracy.Of all the poets whose work I’ve come across while reviewing… Aaron Roller March 2, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: For the Love of Japan Posted by Dani CrickmanAs international as the Jerusalem Book Fair is, I certainly wasn’t expecting to have a Russian man ask me 「どこに住んでいますか?」 (“doko ni… Dani Crickman March 1, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: A Snapshot Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterA few fun photos from the fair: Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 23, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: Simtaot Books Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOur friends over at Urim Publications connected us with one of their new colleagues in the field, Simtaot… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 23, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: Ludwig Mayer Books Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Jewish Book Council team has had an amazing first two days at Jerusalem International Book Fair. We’ve spent time meeting… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 21, 2011
Recommended Reading War & Love, Love & War Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPoet Aharon Shabtai’s latest collection, War & Love, Love & War, is now available. Words without Borders recently… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 9, 2010
Essay The Pit of Tel Aviv, A Preliminary Damage Report Avi Steinberg’s first book, Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian, is now available. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish… Avi Steinberg December 6, 2010
Essay Remembering How to be a Jew Earlier this week, Lavie Tidhar wrote about Jewish vampires and Hebrew punks and searching for Osama. His new novel, An Occupation of Angels, is now… Lavie Tidhar November 12, 2010
