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JBC Staff Articles Interviews Essay Happy Anniversary Goodbye, Columbus Posted by Naomi FirestoneThe New York Times Paper Cuts Blog muses on Goodbye, Columbus on the 50th anniversary of its publication, here. JBC Staff May 6, 2009 Essay Conversations on Jewish American Lit in the Blogosphere Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe “Slouching Towards Bushwick” blog outlines recent articles examining New American Jewish Literature, specifically… JBC Staff April 27, 2009 News Mark Mazower wins a 2008 LA Times Book Prize Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe LA Times Book Blog, Jacket Copy, announces the winners of the 2008 LA Times Book Prizes, which includes Mark Mazower’s… JBC Staff April 27, 2009 News Orange Prize Shortlist Announced Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCongratulations to 2008 – 2009 NETWORK author Ellen Feldman on making the 2009 Orange Prize shortlist for her title Scottsboro.The… JBC Staff April 21, 2009 Essay Rise of the New Yiddishists Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterVanity Fair explores the next generation of Jewish authors:Thirty years ago the American Jewish fiction of Philip Roth and Saul… JBC Staff April 20, 2009 News Amir Gutfreund Shortlisted for the JQ-Wingate Prize Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter2007 Sami Rohr Prize Choice Award Winner Amir Gutfreund (Our Holocaust) has been shortlisted for this year’s JQ-Wingate Literary Prize… JBC Staff April 1, 2009 News More Israeli Authors at PEN World Voices Festival Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAfter posting the earlier link to the Israeli authors at the PEN World Voices Festival, I received news that there are two more… JBC Staff March 30, 2009 News R.Crumb Does Genesis Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterR. Crumb has finished his “Genesis Project,” a graphic novel projected for this Fall as reported by GalleyCat.Robot 6Crumb… JBC Staff March 26, 2009 News Avivah Zornberg and the ‘Biblical Unconscious’ Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAn interesting interview with Avivah Zornberg on her new book The Murmuring Deep: Deep Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious,… JBC Staff March 18, 2009 News AJL’s Reference & Bibliography Awards Announced Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Research Libraries, Archives, and Special Collections Division (RAS) of the Association of Jewish Libraries just announced the… JBC Staff March 16, 2009 News 2008 NETWORK Author News Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCongratulations to Ariel Sabar on his National Book Critics Circle Win! He is the Autobiography Winner for his title My… JBC Staff March 13, 2009 News Have an Extra $40 Million on your Hands? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterWell, fear not! We found a way for you to spend it. Sotheby’s is auctioning off what scholars in the field have described as “the… JBC Staff February 12, 2009 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 18 Next page ›› News 2019 National Jewish Book Award Auction February 19, 2020
Essay Happy Anniversary Goodbye, Columbus Posted by Naomi FirestoneThe New York Times Paper Cuts Blog muses on Goodbye, Columbus on the 50th anniversary of its publication, here. JBC Staff May 6, 2009
Essay Conversations on Jewish American Lit in the Blogosphere Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe “Slouching Towards Bushwick” blog outlines recent articles examining New American Jewish Literature, specifically… JBC Staff April 27, 2009
News Mark Mazower wins a 2008 LA Times Book Prize Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe LA Times Book Blog, Jacket Copy, announces the winners of the 2008 LA Times Book Prizes, which includes Mark Mazower’s… JBC Staff April 27, 2009
News Orange Prize Shortlist Announced Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCongratulations to 2008 – 2009 NETWORK author Ellen Feldman on making the 2009 Orange Prize shortlist for her title Scottsboro.The… JBC Staff April 21, 2009
Essay Rise of the New Yiddishists Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterVanity Fair explores the next generation of Jewish authors:Thirty years ago the American Jewish fiction of Philip Roth and Saul… JBC Staff April 20, 2009
News Amir Gutfreund Shortlisted for the JQ-Wingate Prize Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter2007 Sami Rohr Prize Choice Award Winner Amir Gutfreund (Our Holocaust) has been shortlisted for this year’s JQ-Wingate Literary Prize… JBC Staff April 1, 2009
News More Israeli Authors at PEN World Voices Festival Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAfter posting the earlier link to the Israeli authors at the PEN World Voices Festival, I received news that there are two more… JBC Staff March 30, 2009
News R.Crumb Does Genesis Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterR. Crumb has finished his “Genesis Project,” a graphic novel projected for this Fall as reported by GalleyCat.Robot 6Crumb… JBC Staff March 26, 2009
News Avivah Zornberg and the ‘Biblical Unconscious’ Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAn interesting interview with Avivah Zornberg on her new book The Murmuring Deep: Deep Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious,… JBC Staff March 18, 2009
News AJL’s Reference & Bibliography Awards Announced Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Research Libraries, Archives, and Special Collections Division (RAS) of the Association of Jewish Libraries just announced the… JBC Staff March 16, 2009
News 2008 NETWORK Author News Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCongratulations to Ariel Sabar on his National Book Critics Circle Win! He is the Autobiography Winner for his title My… JBC Staff March 13, 2009
News Have an Extra $40 Million on your Hands? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterWell, fear not! We found a way for you to spend it. Sotheby’s is auctioning off what scholars in the field have described as “the… JBC Staff February 12, 2009
