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JBC Staff Articles Interviews News 100th Anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire A few days behind on this one, but never too late to share some of the great content from the Forward. To commemorate and honor the 100th anniversary of the… JBC Staff March 29, 2011 News 2011 Sami Rohr Prize Winner Announced AUSTIN RATNER WINSTHE $100,000 2011 SAMI ROHR PRIZE FOR JEWISH LITERATUREFOR DEBUT NOVEL THE JUMP ARTIST2011 AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD MAY 31 IN NEW… JBC Staff March 22, 2011 Essay Cynthia Ozick Accepts Jewish Book Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award On Wednesday, March 9th, the Jewish Book Council was pleased to present Cynthia Ozick, “the grande dame of Jewish literature,” with the 2010 Lifetime Achievement… JBC Staff March 11, 2011 Essay Are You, Or Have You Ever Been, a Jewish Writer? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterGabriel Brownstein reflects on what it means to be a Jewish writer, muses on the classic greats (Roth, Ozick, Malamud, Bellow),… JBC Staff March 4, 2011 News 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Finalists FINALISTS FOR ROHR PRIZE IN FICTION ANNOUNCEDFIVE EMERGING AUTHORS OF PROMISEIN RUNNING FOR $100K PRIZE2011 AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD MAY 31 IN NEW… JBC Staff February 10, 2011 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Day: The Ask Coming out in paperback on March 1st… JBC Staff February 2, 2011 News London’s Jewish Book Week For those of you who are (lucky) Londoners, now is the time to buy your tickets for London’s 2011 Jewish Book Week (Feb. 26th-March 6th). This year’s sessions… JBC Staff January 6, 2011 News Countdown to Blue Nude Our Twitter Book Club with Elizabeth Rosner, author of Blue Nude, is only a week and a day away. We hope you’ve had the chance to get your hands on the… JBC Staff January 4, 2011 News Tree of Codes Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterVanity Fair interviews Jonathan Safran Foer’s on his latest…Tree of Codes:Tree of Codes was created by slicing out chunks of text from… JBC Staff November 15, 2010 Recommended Reading The Power of Half Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Jewish Book Council has been spreading the good (book) word down here in New Orleans. This morning we had the pleasure of presenting… JBC Staff November 8, 2010 Excerpt Excerpt from Yael Hedaya’s Eden Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe fall issue of Zeek is now available! The newest issue features fiction from Yael Goldstein Love. Also, check out an… JBC Staff October 19, 2010 Recommended Reading Favorite Fictional Jewish Characters Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of Rosh Hashanah (and in time for Yom Kippur), The Huffington Post (and HuffPost readers) share their favorite Jewish… JBC Staff September 16, 2010 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 13 Next page ›› News 2019 National Jewish Book Award Auction February 19, 2020
News 100th Anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire A few days behind on this one, but never too late to share some of the great content from the Forward. To commemorate and honor the 100th anniversary of the… JBC Staff March 29, 2011
News 2011 Sami Rohr Prize Winner Announced AUSTIN RATNER WINSTHE $100,000 2011 SAMI ROHR PRIZE FOR JEWISH LITERATUREFOR DEBUT NOVEL THE JUMP ARTIST2011 AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD MAY 31 IN NEW… JBC Staff March 22, 2011
Essay Cynthia Ozick Accepts Jewish Book Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award On Wednesday, March 9th, the Jewish Book Council was pleased to present Cynthia Ozick, “the grande dame of Jewish literature,” with the 2010 Lifetime Achievement… JBC Staff March 11, 2011
Essay Are You, Or Have You Ever Been, a Jewish Writer? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterGabriel Brownstein reflects on what it means to be a Jewish writer, muses on the classic greats (Roth, Ozick, Malamud, Bellow),… JBC Staff March 4, 2011
News 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Finalists FINALISTS FOR ROHR PRIZE IN FICTION ANNOUNCEDFIVE EMERGING AUTHORS OF PROMISEIN RUNNING FOR $100K PRIZE2011 AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD MAY 31 IN NEW… JBC Staff February 10, 2011
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Day: The Ask Coming out in paperback on March 1st… JBC Staff February 2, 2011
News London’s Jewish Book Week For those of you who are (lucky) Londoners, now is the time to buy your tickets for London’s 2011 Jewish Book Week (Feb. 26th-March 6th). This year’s sessions… JBC Staff January 6, 2011
News Countdown to Blue Nude Our Twitter Book Club with Elizabeth Rosner, author of Blue Nude, is only a week and a day away. We hope you’ve had the chance to get your hands on the… JBC Staff January 4, 2011
News Tree of Codes Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterVanity Fair interviews Jonathan Safran Foer’s on his latest…Tree of Codes:Tree of Codes was created by slicing out chunks of text from… JBC Staff November 15, 2010
Recommended Reading The Power of Half Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Jewish Book Council has been spreading the good (book) word down here in New Orleans. This morning we had the pleasure of presenting… JBC Staff November 8, 2010
Excerpt Excerpt from Yael Hedaya’s Eden Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe fall issue of Zeek is now available! The newest issue features fiction from Yael Goldstein Love. Also, check out an… JBC Staff October 19, 2010
Recommended Reading Favorite Fictional Jewish Characters Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of Rosh Hashanah (and in time for Yom Kippur), The Huffington Post (and HuffPost readers) share their favorite Jewish… JBC Staff September 16, 2010
