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Essay Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, and a Bit of Borscht Marisa Scheinfeld is the author of The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland, a collection of photography capturing the remains… Marisa Scheinfeld October 10, 2016 Essay Why Be Jewish? | Matti Friedman For the first week of the year 5777, Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe series features writers who were touched by Edgar M. Bronfman, z”l, and his dedication to… Matti Friedman October 5, 2016 Essay Why Be Jewish? | Judy Batalion For the first week of the year 5777, Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe series features writers who were touched by Edgar M. Bronfman, z”l, and his dedication to… Judy Batalion October 5, 2016 Essay Harry Kassel: The Kosher Meat Man Earlier this week, Roger Horowitz uncovered the “invisible chemist” of the Orthodox Union and shared memories of his grandmother Bertie Schwartz, the first woman… Roger Horowitz October 5, 2016 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: All Grown Up Posted by Nat BernsteinFirst you hear that Jami Attenberg, the author of The Middlesteins and Saint Maizie, has a new novel in the works, and you think: yes. Then you… Nat Bernstein September 29, 2016 Excerpt You Have to Have Been a Refugee Yourself Excerpted from Asylum: A Survivor’s Flight from Nazi-Occupied Vienna Through Wartime France by Moriz ScheyerI know that I will provoke the criticism in some… Moriz Scheyer September 29, 2016 Pagination Previous page Newer Current page229 Next page Older Pagination First page 1 … Page227 Page228 Current page229 Page230 Page231 … Last page 523
Essay Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, and a Bit of Borscht Marisa Scheinfeld is the author of The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland, a collection of photography capturing the remains… Marisa Scheinfeld October 10, 2016
Essay Why Be Jewish? | Matti Friedman For the first week of the year 5777, Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe series features writers who were touched by Edgar M. Bronfman, z”l, and his dedication to… Matti Friedman October 5, 2016
Essay Why Be Jewish? | Judy Batalion For the first week of the year 5777, Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe series features writers who were touched by Edgar M. Bronfman, z”l, and his dedication to… Judy Batalion October 5, 2016
Essay Harry Kassel: The Kosher Meat Man Earlier this week, Roger Horowitz uncovered the “invisible chemist” of the Orthodox Union and shared memories of his grandmother Bertie Schwartz, the first woman… Roger Horowitz October 5, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: All Grown Up Posted by Nat BernsteinFirst you hear that Jami Attenberg, the author of The Middlesteins and Saint Maizie, has a new novel in the works, and you think: yes. Then you… Nat Bernstein September 29, 2016
Excerpt You Have to Have Been a Refugee Yourself Excerpted from Asylum: A Survivor’s Flight from Nazi-Occupied Vienna Through Wartime France by Moriz ScheyerI know that I will provoke the criticism in some… Moriz Scheyer September 29, 2016