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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: FARM 54 Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPublished today by Ponent Mon: Galit and Gilad Seliktar’s FARM 54: Naomi Firestone-Teeter May 26, 2011
Essay Samuel Thrope: International Historian of Mystery On Monday, Aaron Roller, an editor of Mima’amakim, wrote about the Jewish poetry conspiracy.Of all the poets whose work I’ve come across while reviewing… Aaron Roller March 2, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: For the Love of Japan Posted by Dani CrickmanAs international as the Jerusalem Book Fair is, I certainly wasn’t expecting to have a Russian man ask me 「どこに住んでいますか?」 (“doko ni… Dani Crickman March 1, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: A Snapshot Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterA few fun photos from the fair: Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 23, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: Simtaot Books Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOur friends over at Urim Publications connected us with one of their new colleagues in the field, Simtaot… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 23, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: Ludwig Mayer Books Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Jewish Book Council team has had an amazing first two days at Jerusalem International Book Fair. We’ve spent time meeting… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 21, 2011
Recommended Reading War & Love, Love & War Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPoet Aharon Shabtai’s latest collection, War & Love, Love & War, is now available. Words without Borders recently… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 9, 2010
Essay The Pit of Tel Aviv, A Preliminary Damage Report Avi Steinberg’s first book, Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian, is now available. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish… Avi Steinberg December 6, 2010
Essay Remembering How to be a Jew Earlier this week, Lavie Tidhar wrote about Jewish vampires and Hebrew punks and searching for Osama. His new novel, An Occupation of Angels, is now… Lavie Tidhar November 12, 2010
Recommended Reading Jewish Book World Review: To the End of the Land Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of David Grossman making Amazon’s top ten this year, and with the winter issue going in the mail next, we thought we’d offer… Maron L. Waxman November 5, 2010
Essay Joel Chasnoff reporting from…Louisville Joel Chasnoff has been blogging his NETWORK for the JBC here, here, and here. His most recent post can be found below.My schedule for today, which… Joel Chasnoff November 4, 2010
Essay Crybabies in the Israeli Army Joel Chasnoff (The 188th Crybaby Brigade) has been blogging for the Jewish Book Council on his Jewish Book NETWORK tour. Missed the first two? Check them… Joel Chasnoff November 3, 2010
Excerpt Excerpt from Yael Hedaya’s Eden Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe fall issue of Zeek is now available! The newest issue features fiction from Yael Goldstein Love. Also, check out an… JBC Staff October 19, 2010
Essay The Question In his last posts, Gregory Levey wrote about late-night Middle East radio commentary and amazon recommendations with his book. He is the author of the… Gregory Levey October 15, 2010
Essay Baxter and Me In his last post, Gregory Levey wrote about late-night Middle East radio commentary. He is the author of the recently published How to Make Peace in the Middle… Gregory Levey October 13, 2010
