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Essay Translating “Shalhevetyah” Rachel Cantor is the author of the novel A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World. With the publication of her… Rachel Cantor January 25, 2016 Essay The Mystical Experience of an Uncertain Space Gavriel Savit is an author and actor whose work in both fields has taken him on travels across the world. With the release of his debut novel, Anna and the Swallow Man, this… Gavriel Savit January 24, 2016 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Wildwood Tu Bishvat, the Jewish festival for trees and their fruits, begins Sunday night! In its honor, each year I like to feature books that depict or impart new knowledge… JBC Staff January 22, 2016 Interview Interview: Gavriel Savit with Shira SchindelJewish Book Council sat down with Gavriel Savit to discuss his debut novel, Anna and the Swallow Man, the velvety mind of Borges, Holocaust fatigue,… Shira Schindel January 21, 2016 Essay What Aquinas and Augustine Knew Earlier this week, Mary Glickman shared what makes writing historical fiction work for her. With the upcoming release of her new novel An Undisturbed Peace, Mary is… Mary Glickman January 20, 2016 Excerpt Moscow, 1953: The Czardom of Black Cats and Black Marias Excerpted from The Yid: A Novel by Paul Goldberg, published by arrangement with Picador.In the early morning of March 1, 1953, when Iosif Stalin collapsed at his… Paul Goldberg January 19, 2016 Pagination Previous page Newer Current page249 Next page Older Pagination First page 1 … Page247 Page248 Current page249 Page250 Page251 … Last page 516
Essay Translating “Shalhevetyah” Rachel Cantor is the author of the novel A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World. With the publication of her… Rachel Cantor January 25, 2016
Essay The Mystical Experience of an Uncertain Space Gavriel Savit is an author and actor whose work in both fields has taken him on travels across the world. With the release of his debut novel, Anna and the Swallow Man, this… Gavriel Savit January 24, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Wildwood Tu Bishvat, the Jewish festival for trees and their fruits, begins Sunday night! In its honor, each year I like to feature books that depict or impart new knowledge… JBC Staff January 22, 2016
Interview Interview: Gavriel Savit with Shira SchindelJewish Book Council sat down with Gavriel Savit to discuss his debut novel, Anna and the Swallow Man, the velvety mind of Borges, Holocaust fatigue,… Shira Schindel January 21, 2016
Essay What Aquinas and Augustine Knew Earlier this week, Mary Glickman shared what makes writing historical fiction work for her. With the upcoming release of her new novel An Undisturbed Peace, Mary is… Mary Glickman January 20, 2016
Excerpt Moscow, 1953: The Czardom of Black Cats and Black Marias Excerpted from The Yid: A Novel by Paul Goldberg, published by arrangement with Picador.In the early morning of March 1, 1953, when Iosif Stalin collapsed at his… Paul Goldberg January 19, 2016