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Nonfiction Nathan’s Famous: The First 100 Years of America’s Favorite Frankfurter Company William Handwerker with Jayne Pearl
Essay Addressing the American-Russian-Jewish Identity Crisis, Camera in Hand Alina Bliumis received her BFA from the School of Visual Art in 1999 and a diploma from the Advanced Course in Visual Arts in Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy… Alina Bliumis May 11, 2015
Essay It’s the First Week of June. Do You Know Where Your Family History Is? Boris Fishman immigrated from the USSR at nine. He studied Russian literature at Princeton, was on staff at The New Yorker, co-wrote the US Senate’s Hurricane… Boris Fishman June 2, 2014
Essay The Previous Tenant Earlier this week, Julia Dahl explained why she writes about crime. Her debut novel, Invisible City (Minotaur Books), is now available. She will be blogging here for… Julia Dahl May 7, 2014
Essay The Other Earlier this week, Tehila Lieberman wrote about crossing the borders of radically divergent worlds and two of the short stories from her collection Venus in the… Tehila Lieberman November 21, 2012
Essay Passing on Stories Earlier this week, Jami Attenberg wrote about growing up Jewish in a small town. She has been blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Jami Attenberg October 24, 2012
Essay The Red Devil Earlier this week, Matthew Shaer wrote about the genesis of his book, Among Righteous Men, and divisions within the Crown Heights community. He has been blogging here… Matthew Shaer February 3, 2012
Essay A House Divided Matthew Shaer will be blogging here for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning all week.In my last blog post, I wrote about the genesis of my book, Among… Matthew Shaer February 1, 2012
Essay Returning to Crown Heights Matthew Shaer is the author of Among Righteous Men: A Tale of Vigilantes and Vindication in Hasidic Crown Heights. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book… Matthew Shaer January 30, 2012
Essay Lost and Found in Brooklyn Earlier this week, Lucette Lagnado wrote about an arrogant revolution and about mourning her Arab Spring. She has been blogging all week for the… Lucette Lagnado September 23, 2011
Nonfiction Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up The Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn Ayala Fader
