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    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
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    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
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    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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    Find­ing the Jews

    On Mon­day, Dani Shapiro wrote about mov­ing from Jew­ish NY to churchy Con­necti­cut.In many ways, our move from the city to the coun­try mir­rored an ear­li­er…
    Dani Shapiro
    May 5, 2010
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    Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: Mon­te­fiore and Oz

    In his last post, Bob Gold­farb, a reg­u­lar review­er for Jew­ish Book World, wrote about the pan­el ​“Ash­es and Ink: Con­tem­po­rary Holo­caust Writ­ing.” He is…
    Bob Gold­farb
    May 5, 2010
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    Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: Holo­caust Writing

    This week Bob Gold­farb, a reg­u­lar review­er for Jew­ish Book World, is blog­ging about the Inter­na­tion­al Writ­ers’ Fes­ti­val at Mishkenot Sha’ananim in…
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    May 4, 2010
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