Ear­li­er this week, Andrea Simon wrote about trans­form­ing her fam­i­ly mem­oir into a nov­el and the research she puts into fic­tion writ­ing—par­tic­u­lar­ly for her new…

Ear­li­er this week, Andrea Simon​’s wrote about trans­form­ing her fam­i­ly mem­oir into a nov­el, which was pub­lished ear­li­er this month: Esfir Is Alive. Andrea is…

Andrea Simon​’s nov­el Esfir Is Alive was pub­lished ear­li­er this month. She will be guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe…

Roger Horowitz is the author of Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Oth­er Tales of Mod­ern Food. Fol­low­ing up Elis­sa Altman’s writ­ing about Treyf last week, Roger is…

Ear­li­er this week, Elis­sa Alt­man shared how her mem­oir Treyf: My Life as an Unortho­dox Out­law found a recep­tive audi­ence in coastal Maine. Elis­sa is guest…

Elis­sa Alt­man​’s sec­ond mem­oir, Treyf: My Life as an Unortho­dox Out­law, comes out this week. To cel­e­brate her new book’s release, Elis­sa is guest blog­ging for the…

Ear­li­er this week, Alexan­der Wein­stein shared how the cos­mic humor of his sci­ence fic­tion sto­ries was dis­cov­ered by Rab­bi Zal­man Schachter-Shalo­mi. With the release…