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Essay Discovering the Pinch: Part II; or, Animating a Literary Golem Earlier this week, Steve Stern offered his recollections of the Memphis community in which he grew up and the Jewish mythical lore occupying it. His most recent… Steve Stern July 29, 2015
Essay Discovering the Pinch: Part I Steve Stern, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, is the author of several previous novels and story collections, including The Book of Mischief and The Frozen… Steve Stern July 27, 2015
Fiction Jewish Comix Anthology, Volume 1: A Collection of Tales, Stories and Myths Told and Retold in Comic Book Form Steven M. Bergson, ed.
Essay Why Authors Like to Torture People We Love Matthue Roth’s first book, Never Mind the Goldbergs, was a NYPL Best Book for the Teen Age and an ALA Best Books nominee. His latest is The Gobblings, illustrated… Matthue Roth December 9, 2014
Essay My Favorite Wandering Jews Stephanie Feldman is a graduate of Barnard College. Her debut novel, The Angel of Losses, will be published by Ecco on July 29th. She will be blogging here all week… Stephanie Feldman July 15, 2014
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
Interview Interview: Howard Schwartz by Grace StansberyHoward Schwartz, three time winner of a National Jewish Book Award, has recently published his fifth volume of poetry, The Library of Dreams.“There… Grace Stansbery March 4, 2014
Essay Recalling Professor Dov Noy: World’s Foremost Jewish Folklorist by Howard SchwartzNo one would deny that Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem are colossal figures in the fields of Hasidism and Kabbalah. But not everyone realizes that… Howard Schwartz February 25, 2014
Nonfiction Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions Raphael Patai, founding ed.; Haya Bar-Itzak, ed.
Children’s The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales Shoshanna Boyd Gelfand; Amanda Hall, illus.; Debra Messing, narrator
Essay The Story Will Out: Why Folktales Still Matter by Sharon ElswitThroughout the ages, folklore has spoken to people. From pulpits and hearth fires and in classrooms, these stories forge a connection between the… Sharon Elswit June 6, 2013
Essay New Kids’ Cookbook Has a Story to Tell Posted by Miri Pomerantz-Dauber“A fun book for family sharing” is the description on the back cover of Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts (Crocodile Books USA, 2013), and, looking… Miri Pomerantz Dauber March 12, 2013
Cookbook Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook Retold by Jane Yolen; Heidi E.Y. Stemple, recipes; Sima Elizabeth Shefrin, illus.
Fiction King Solomon and the Golden fish: Tales From the Sephardic Tradition Matilda Koén-Sarano, ed.; Regineta Haboucha, trans. and annotator
Fiction The Lost Princess and Other Kabbalistic Tales of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov Rabbi Nachman; Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, trans.
