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Essay Putting Myself on the Line Peri Devaney’s new book, A Jewish Professor’s Political Punditry: Fifty-Plus Years of Published Commentary by Ron Rubin (Syracuse University Press), is… Peri Devaney July 22, 2013
Essay My Biggest Love Yesterday, David Ehrlich wrote about the shared culture, language, and fate of Israelis. He has been blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… David Ehrlich July 3, 2013
Essay Younger Than That Now Earlier this week, Kathy Ebel wrote about her German-Jewish family and Nice Jewish Girl protagonists from New York City. Her first novel, Claudia Silver… Kathy Ebel June 20, 2013
Essay Michael Wex’s Indiegogo Campaign to Fund Translation of Yiddish Novel by Jackie AnzarootMichael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch and well-known Yiddish scholar, is currently trying to crowd-fund his next project, a translation of… Jackie Anzaroot May 14, 2013
Interview A Kvetchy Correspondence Between February 15, 2013 and March 10, 2013, Allison Amend and Austin Ratner, two members of the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize “class,” discussed literary fiction in… Allison Amend, Austin Ratner April 8, 2013
Essay Self-Published Jewish-Themed Books Come of Age by Stephen WittIn the brave new digital world of the book business, self-published authors enjoy a new clout. And every week this translates into more… Stephen Witt March 20, 2013
News RA and Jewish Lights Publishing Form Joint Publishing Imprint Posted by Jackie AnzarootIt was announced last week that two major players in the Jewish book world, Jewish Lights Publishing and the Rabbinical Assembly,… Jackie Anzaroot March 5, 2013
Interview Self-Surveillance In this week’s installment of the Visiting Scribe, Joshua Cohen and Justin Taylor exchanged ideas around book promotion, materials of writing, and the devolution… Joshua Cohen, Justin Taylor August 10, 2012
Interview Quality Grumbling In this installment of the Visiting Scribe, Joshua Cohen and Justin Taylor exchange ideas around book promotion, materials of writing, and the devolution of the… Joshua Cohen, Justin Taylor August 8, 2012
Interview Promowork: A Necessary Evil In this installment of the Visiting Scribe, Joshua Cohen and Justin Taylor exchange ideas around book promotion, materials of writing, and the devolution of… Joshua Cohen, Justin Taylor August 6, 2012
Essay Codex vs. Kindle Matti Friedman is a reporter in Jerusalem for the Times of Israel, and author of The Aleppo Codex. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Matti Friedman July 16, 2012
Essay Why Self-Publish? Earlier this week, Pnina Jacobson and Judy Kempler wrote the aging Jewish community and the Australian Jewish community. In today’s post, they discuss their… Judy Kempler, Pnina Jacobson June 13, 2012
Essay It Takes Two Earlier this week, Dvora Meyers wrote about being an Orthodox Jewish gymnast. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Dvora Meyers May 17, 2012
Essay Writers Should Get Up Early Earlier this week, Matthue Roth blogged about publishing a real life old-fashioned book. He will be blogging all week for JBC and MJL.As a glutton for… Matthue Roth December 7, 2011
Essay Publishing a Real Life Old-Fashioned Book Matthue Roth’s latest book, Automatic, is now available. He will be blogging here for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning all week.Here’s the thing… Matthue Roth December 5, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: Simtaot Books Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOur friends over at Urim Publications connected us with one of their new colleagues in the field, Simtaot… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 23, 2011
