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Nonfiction Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic Michael Scammell
Essay Imagine You Don’t Know How To Read A Novel In his last posts, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, the author of Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities, wrote… Elie Kaunfer April 9, 2010
Essay The Curious Case of Professor Barabtarlo Michael Idov is a contributing editor at New York Magazine and the author of the novel Ground Up. In his previous posts, Michael wrote about… Michael Idov December 18, 2009
Video Philip Roth on the future of the novel Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter Tina Brown of The Daily Beast asks Philip Roth about the future of the novel: Check out the video and let us know what you… JBC Staff October 23, 2009
Essay What Is Jewish Literature? In her last post, Ellen Frankel looked at how to make the Bible PG. She is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and JBC. What… Ellen Frankel October 21, 2009
Essay Joanna Rakoff: The Smell of Old England In her last blog, Joanna Rakoff wrote about a family “more identifiably old American than Jewish.“ Here in the U.S., Margaret Drabble’s novels are… Joanna Rakoff July 29, 2009
Essay Joanna Rakoff: The French Revolution Joanna Rakoff, author of A Fortunate Age and former editor of Nextbook.org, is guest-blogging for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish… Joanna Rakoff July 27, 2009
Essay Conversations on Jewish American Lit in the Blogosphere Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe “Slouching Towards Bushwick” blog outlines recent articles examining New American Jewish Literature, specifically… JBC Staff April 27, 2009
Recommended Reading Music Pairings Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterI recently spent some time on the Largehearted Boy blog, enjoying his Book Notes series, in which authors create and discuss a music… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 3, 2009
Recommended Reading Build Your JPS Library Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter Into series? Into JPS series? If so, you have much to look forward to in 2009! Three-yes THREE – new books are scheduled for… JBC Staff December 18, 2008
Nonfiction Figurative Language in Biblical Prose Narrative: Metaphor in the Book of Samuel Andrea Weiss
