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    Bob Gold­farb

    Bob Gold­farb is Pres­i­dent Emer­i­tus of Jew­ish Cre­ativ­i­ty International.

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    Gary Shteyn­gart
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    Interview

    “Crunchy Chords”: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ricky Ian Gordon

    Bob Gold­farb
    July 15, 2024
    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: 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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