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Bob Gold­farb

Bob Gold­farb is pres­i­dent of Jew­ish Cre­ativ­i­ty International.
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Bon­nie Siegler
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Carole Angier
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Interview

‘Water­shed Moments’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Max Gross

Bob Gold­farb
December 14, 2020
Interview

‘Life as a Dis­lo­cat­ing Expe­ri­ence’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with David Adjmi

Bob Gold­farb
November 23, 2020
Interview

Son­tag: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ben­jamin Moser

Bob Gold­farb
September 23, 2019
Interview

An Inter­view with James Loeffler

Bob Gold­farb
October 18, 2018
Interview

Cre­at­ing Coher­ence Out of Formlessness

Bob Gold­farb
June 7, 2018
Interview

Inter­view: Ian Buruma

with Bob Gold­farb InTheir Promised Land, Ian Buru­ma tells the extra­or­di­nary sto­ry of his own grand­par­ents: British Jews who were apart dur­ing the World Wars and stayed…
Bob Gold­farb
February 2, 2016
Interview

Ten Ques­tions for Joshua Fattal

by Bob Gold­farbBob Gold­farb recent­ly spoke to Joshua Fat­tal, who co-authored, along­side Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, the recent­ly pub­lished book A Sliv­er of Light:…
Bob Gold­farb
July 10, 2014
Interview

Ten Ques­tions for Joshua Cohen

In its review of Four New Mes­sages the New York Times said of Joshua Cohen, ​“he’ll make you want to be an angel investor in his stuff. What’s a book but…
Bob Gold­farb
August 29, 2012
Essay

Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: Aharon Appelfeld and Nicole Krauss

Bob Gold­farb has been blog­ging all week at the Writ­ers’ Fes­ti­val at Mishkenot Sha’ananim. More than a gen­er­a­tion sep­a­rates nov­el­ist Nicole Krauss,…
Bob Gold­farb
May 7, 2010
Essay

Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: JSF and Amir Gutfreund

Bob Gold­farb has been blog­ging about the Writ­ers’ Fes­ti­val at Mishkenot Sha’ananim all week. Stay tuned for his final post lat­er today.Jonathan Safran…
Bob Gold­farb
May 7, 2010
Essay

Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: Zeruya Shalev and Siri Hustvedt

In his last posts, Bob Gold­farb, a reg­u­lar review­er for Jew­ish Book World, wrote about the pan­el ​“Ash­es and Ink: Con­tem­po­rary Holo­caust Writ­ing” and…
Bob Gold­farb
May 6, 2010
Essay

Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: Paul Auster and David Grossman

In his pre­vi­ous posts on the Writ­ers’ Fes­ti­val at Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Bob Gold­farb wrote about the pan­el ​“Ash­es and Ink: Con­tem­po­rary Holo­caust Writ­ing,”…
Bob Gold­farb
May 6, 2010

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