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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Fic­tion
A Life Twice Given
David Daniel
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Fic­tion
Juden­staat
Simone Zelitch
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Fic­tion
A World Between
Robert M. Herzog
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Fic­tion
King of Shards
Matthew Kres­sel
Essay

Short­en­ing the Way

Matthew Kres­sel is the author of the Jew­ish-themed fan­ta­sy epic King of Shards. He is guest blog­ging here all week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe series on The…
Matthew Kres­sel
March 28, 2016
Essay

Where Ortho­dox Judaism, Fem­i­nism, and Fan­ta­sy Fic­tion Intersect

Ear­li­er this week, Ilana C. Myer wrote about how Jerusalem found its way into her debut fan­ta­sy nov­el. Ilana is blog­ging here all week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe…
Ilana C. Myer
March 3, 2016
Essay

How Jerusalem Infil­trat­ed My Fan­ta­sy Novel

Ilana C. Myer is the author of the fan­ta­sy nov­el Last Song Before Night. She is blog­ging here all week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe series on The ProsenPeo­ple.The cov­er…
Ilana C. Myer
February 29, 2016
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Fic­tion
Last Song Before Night
Ilana C. Myer
Essay

An Author’s First Book Is Always Their Sec­ond Attempt

Ear­li­er this week, Daniel Oppen­heimer shared his thor­ough­ly sec­u­lar affil­i­a­tion with Joseph and the per­son­al inner tur­moil reflect­ed in his book Exit Right: The…
Daniel Oppen­heimer
February 12, 2016
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Chil­dren’s
Elisha David­son and the Ispaklaria
M. R. Attar
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Fic­tion
Jere­mi­ah’s Ghost: An Apoc­a­lyp­tic Fantasy
Isaac Con­stan­tine
Interview

Cryp­to-Jews and Auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal Ani­mals: Part 3 of a 3‑Part Conversation

This week father and son, neigh­bors in Brook­line, Mass­a­chu­setts and long­time col­lab­o­ra­tors, David Shray­er-Petrov and Max­im D. Shray­er dis­cuss Din­ner with Stal­in…
Max­im D. Shrayer
July 10, 2014
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Fic­tion
A High­ly Unlike­ly Sce­nario, or a Neet­sa Piz­za Employ­ee’s Guide to Sav­ing the World: A Novel
Rachel Can­tor
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Fic­tion
Amer­i­can Judas
Mick­ey Dubrow
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Fic­tion
The Prophet­ess: A Novel
Evonne Mar­zouk
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Chil­dren’s
Matzah Below­stairs
Susan Lynn Meyer
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