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Essay Ben Lerner: Working Against the Image of the Conventional Novel We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the next several weeks, we’ll share their responses. Today,… Ben Lerner May 14, 2013
Essay Rebecca Miller on Gluckel of Hameln This week on the Visiting Scribe, Rebecca Miller will be sharing texts that shed light on Jewish life in eighteenth-century France, the setting of her new novel,… Rebecca Miller May 13, 2013
Essay Randy Susan Meyers on Collective Guilt vs. Collective Fear Randy Susan Meyers’s most recent book, The Comfort of Lies, is now available. She is also the author of The Murderer’s Daughters, a finalist for the… Randy Susan Meyers May 13, 2013
Essay The Mishpocheh Connection Jonathan Kirsch, book editor of The Jewish Journal, contributes book reviews to the print and online editions and blogs at… Jonathan Kirsch May 10, 2013
Essay Kristallnacht and Herschel Grynszpan Jonathan Kirsch, book editor of The Jewish Journal, contributes book reviews to the print and online editions and blogs at… Jonathan Kirsch May 9, 2013
Essay Gunmen: A Far-Fetched Analysis and Some Temporary Solutions Helène Aylon is an Activist Artist whose work has been shown in MoMA, the Whitney and the Warhol museums. Her memoir, published by the Feminist Press, is called… Helène Aylon May 9, 2013