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Nonfiction Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons Mike Reiss
Essay The 7 Best Jewish Moments in American Sitcom History Earlier this week, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong shared 6 things she learned about Jewish culture from watching Seinfeld. With the release of her book Seinfeldia: How… Jennifer Keishen Armstrong July 7, 2016
Essay 6 Things I Learned About Jewish Culture from Seinfeld Jennifer Keishin Armstrong is the author of Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything, out this week from Simon & Schuster. Jennifer will be… Jennifer Keishen Armstrong July 4, 2016
Essay Go by the Country Earlier this week, Rita Lakin shared what inspired her comedy mystery novels about 80-year-olds solving crime in Florida. She is blogging here all week as part of the… Rita Lakin October 21, 2015
Nonfiction The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes in My Life and Career as a Television Writer Rita Lakin
Essay What the Lifetime Adaptation of Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent Missed Earlier this week, Michal Lemberger wrote about turning King David into a villain and Lot’s wife and the other nameless women of the Bible. She is the author of the… Michal Lemberger April 24, 2015
Essay Downton Abbey Made Me Do It This week, JBC Network author Wendy Wax, the author of While We Were Watching Downton Abbey, blogs for The Postscript on the inspiration for writing her newest… Wendy Wax June 24, 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
Essay Six Degrees of Kevin’s Bacon: Who’s Jewish in Hollywood? Earlier this week, Emily Stone wrote about Jews and sports (have you taken her quiz “Athlete or Mathlete?”). Her book, Did Jew Know: A Handy Primer on the Customs,… Emily Stone February 26, 2014
