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Nonfiction Homeless Tongues: Poetry and Languages of the Sephardic Diaspora Monique Rodrigues Balbuena
Essay Voices Within the Ark: The Modern Jewish Poets Voices Within the Ark: The Modern Jewish PoetsHoward Schwartz reflects on Voices Within the Ark: The Modern Jewish Poets, published in 1980. Voices in… Howard Schwartz April 28, 2016
Recommended Reading National Poetry Month 2016 In honor of National Poetry Month, the Jewish Book Council will be highlighting some of our favorite Jewish poems, both old and new, on our twitter account. Click below… JBC Staff April 1, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Wait Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner C. K. Williams succumbed to multiple melanoma yesterday at the age of 78. One of America’s greatest poets of the turn of… Nat Bernstein September 21, 2015
Essay Tackling the “Sticky” Torah Portions in Limerick Form Earlier this week, Joe Black wrote about how he came to write a book of limericks for every Torah portion. His newest book, There Once Was a Man From Canaan: The… Joe Black May 14, 2015
Essay “Torah Limericks?” “Really?” “Why?” Joe Black serves as Senior Rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Denver, CO. He also is an author of children’s books and a guitarist/singer-songwriter of original Jewish… Joe Black May 12, 2015
Essay Leah Goldberg, Me, and the Search for a Title for my New Book Nora Gold’s book, Fields of Exile, is the first novel about anti-Israelism on campus. It was picked by The Forward as one of “The 5 Jewish Books To Read in 2014,″ and… Nora Gold June 2, 2014
Essay Draper and the Jewess Leah Umansky is the author of the Mad-Men inspired chapbook, Don Dreams and I Dream (Kattywompus Press 2014) and Domestic Uncertainties (Blazevox 2013). She curates… Leah Umansky April 8, 2014