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Essay Parent-Child Book Club: Shanghai Jews What trends in adult literature often sees its reflection in children’s publications — and now, more than ever, the other way around. In reviewing the 2014 – 2015 JBC… JBC Staff August 21, 2014
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 book. … Wendy Wax June 24, 2014
Essay Growing to Love Hebrew School This week, Lauren Grodstein, the author of The Explanation for Everything, A Friend of the Family, and Reproduction is the Flaw of Love and the story collection… Lauren Grodstein May 20, 2014
Essay The Risks of Being Mistaken for a Character This week, David Schmahmann, the author of The Double Life of Alfred Buber, Empire Settings, and Ivory From Paradise, blogs for The Postscript on the risk of being… David Schmahmann April 29, 2014
Essay JBC Book Clubs Asks: Facilitator Tips on Participation and Staying Focused JBC Book Clubs is asking: what does it take to lead a book club?** We started this series hearing from Sarah Rindner about the extensive research she does before… Joan Tedlow April 10, 2014
Essay You Probably Wouldn’t Think To Read This For Book Club, But… This week, Barbara Askenas and Michal Smart, co-editors of the National Jewish Book Award-winning book Kaddish: Women’s Voices blogs for The Postscript on why… Barbara Askenas, Michal Smart April 1, 2014
Essay Writing Through the Artist’s Perspective This week, Alyson Richman, the author of The Lost Wife and the forthcoming The Garden of Letters (coming in September from Berkley) blogs for The… Alyson Richman March 25, 2014
Essay This Blog Post Has No Title. Here’s Why. This week, Jean Hanff Korelitz, the author of You Should Have Known (available today from Grand Central Publishing) as well as four previous novels, a poetry… Jean Hanff Korelitz March 18, 2014
Essay Meeting My Character This week, Joanna Hershon, the author of A Dual Inheritance (now in paperback!) and The German Bride blogs for The Postscript on meeting a man who… Joanna Hershon March 11, 2014
Essay Jennifer Gilmore’s Newest Voice This week, Jennifer Gilmore, the author of The Mothers, Something Red, and Golden Country blogs for The Postscript on finding her newest voice and a new writing… Jennifer Gilmore March 4, 2014
Essay The Lost Shtetl This week, Anne-Marie O’Connor, the author of The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer blogs for The… Anne-Marie O’Connor February 25, 2014
Essay Is Plot vs. Character Really Male vs. Female? Posted by Miri Pomerantz DauberA few months ago, The New York Times’ Book Review section ran a “Bookends” item that asked, “Are we too concerned that characters be… Miri Pomerantz Dauber February 12, 2014
Essay My Storied Food This week, Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Comfort of Lies and The Murderer’s Daughters, blogs for the JBC about a special (and delicious) offer for book… Randy Susan Meyers January 28, 2014
Essay JBC Book Clubs Asks: What Does It Take to Lead a Book Club? Anyone who has been appointed the leader of their book club knows that it can be a challenging job.And anyone who has sat through a book club discussion that… Sarah Rindner January 14, 2014
Essay How to Find an Expert Sorceress, According to the Talmud This week, Maggie Anton — the author of the Rashi’s Daughters series and, most recently, Rav Hisda’s Daugther: A Novel of Love, the Talmud, and Sorcery—blogs for The… Maggie Anton November 19, 2013
Essay Have You Always Been Jewish? This week, Liz Rosenberg, the author of The Laws of Gravity blogs for The Postscript on being a Jewish writer, one’s roots, and what can pull those roots… Liz Rosenberg November 13, 2013