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on literature

Essay

On Writ­ing Jew­ish Protagonists

Rachel Lynn Solomon
June 30, 2023
Essay

Moscow, Mar­riage, and Mur­der: Writ­ing a Cold War Thriller

Paul Gold­berg
June 5, 2023
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Pray­ing with Jane Eyre: Reflec­tions on Read­ing as a Sacred Practice
Vanessa Zoltan
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The Diaries of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka; Ross Benjamin, trans.
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End­less Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth 
Keiron Pim
Essay

You Can’t Be a Jew(ish Poet) Alone: A Guide to Find­ing Community

David Eben­bach
April 10, 2023
Recommended Reading

Ten Jew­ish Writ­ers Share Their Passover Read­ing Recommendations

JBC Staff
March 27, 2023
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Zel­da Pop­kin: The Life and Times of an Amer­i­can Jew­ish Woman Writer
Jere­my D. Popkin
Essay

Desanc­ti­fy­ing Kafka

Ross Ben­jamin
January 9, 2023
Essay

The Dif­fer­ences Between Us

Arman­do Lucas Correa
January 9, 2023
Essay—From the Journal

Fan­ny Gold­stein and the Gospel of the Jew­ish Book

Sil­via P. Glick
December 21, 2022
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Return­ing from Silence: Jenny’s Story
Michèle Sarde, Ruper Swyer, trans; 
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Onto Cen­ter Stage: The Bib­li­cal Woman
Sara Reguer
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Invent­ing William of Nor­wich: Thomas of Mon­mouth, Anti­semitism, and Lit­er­ary Cul­ture, 1150 – 1200
Heather Blur­ton
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Frankly Fem­i­nist and Paper Brigade: Edi­tors Susan Wei­d­man Schnei­der, Yona McDo­nough, Bec­ca Kan­tor, and Car­ol Kauf­man in Conversation

JBC Staff
November 22, 2022
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The Object of Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture: A Mate­r­i­al History
Bar­bara E. Mann
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