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Recommended Reading The World of Chaim Grade: Books About Jewish Life in Pre-World War II Eastern Europe Altie Karper March 24, 2025
Nonfiction Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: A Spiritual Reappraisal 1946 – 1955 Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, trans.
Nonfiction Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939 – 1945 Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, trans.
Nonfiction The Forgotten Singer: The Exiled Sister of I.J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer Maurice Carr
Interview ‘Hunger for Stories’: A Conversation with Johanna Kaplan Francine Klagsbrun May 13, 2022
Essay I. B. Singer and the Hidden Afikomen Earlier this week, Amy Gottlieb described the “beautiful, perceptive” women around her mother’s kitchen table who inspired The Beautiful Possible. Amy is blogging… Amy Gottlieb February 17, 2016
Visual Arts Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Lower East Side Isaac Bashevis Singer; Bruce Davidson, photographs
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
