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Nonfiction Yiddish Literature in America: 1870 – 2000 Emanuel S. Goldsmith; Barnett Zumoff, trans.
Essay A Funny Thing Happened — True Story! Wayne Hoffman‘s most recent book, Sweet Like Sugar, is now available. Hoffman is the deputy editor of Nextbook Press and will be blogging for the… Wayne Hoffman August 29, 2011
Nonfiction Station Identification: A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States Ari Y. Kelman
Nonfiction Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through Satire Joel Schechter
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Yiddishkeit Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLoving the orange, black, and beige combo on this one…Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land will be available… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 10, 2011
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Thomashefsky Inspired Edition Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterInspired by last night’s incredible performance of The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater at… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 7, 2011
News 100th Anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire A few days behind on this one, but never too late to share some of the great content from the Forward. To commemorate and honor the 100th anniversary of the… JBC Staff March 29, 2011
Essay Old and Grey and Only in the Way Earlier this week, Michael Wex, author of The Frumkiss Family Business, wrote about writing about intermarriage and being the kvetch guy. He… Michael Wex January 7, 2011
Essay Being the Kvetch Guy On Monday, Michael Wex wrote about the birth of his idea for his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. He will be blogging all week for… Michael Wex January 5, 2011
Essay Birth of A Family Business Michael Wex is the author of Born to Kvetch, and the new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Michael Wex January 3, 2011
Recommended Reading The Other Other Singer Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAfter spending the last few days up at the National Yiddish Book Center, it’s only fitting that we would be drawn to an article on… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 28, 2010
Essay The Oy of Yiddish Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThis week on Schott’s Vocab (a blog by Ben Schott for the NY Times), vocabularists were invited to pose questions to Michael Wex (Born to… JBC Staff April 15, 2010
