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    Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: JSF and Amir Gutfreund

    Bob Gold­farb has been blog­ging about the Writ­ers’ Fes­ti­val at Mishkenot Sha’ananim all week. Stay tuned for his final post lat­er today.Jonathan Safran…
    Bob Gold­farb
    May 7, 2010
    Essay

    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
    Essay

    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
    Essay

    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
    Essay

    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…
    Bob Gold­farb
    May 4, 2010
    Essay

    More on Assaf Gavron…

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterDid you like Assaf Gavron’s posts on the blog last week (find them here)? If so, read more about his new nov­el, Almost…
    JBC Staff
    April 30, 2010
    Essay

    Almost Dead: Gaza, 1988 / Tel Aviv & Jerusalem, 2002

    In his last posts, Assaf Gavron wrote about hang­ing out in the West Bank, moon­light­ing as an Israeli mover in New York City and about Israeli…
    Assaf Gavron
    April 23, 2010
    Essay

    Wild West Bank

    In his last posts, Assaf Gavron wrote about moon­light­ing as an Israeli mover in NYC and about Israeli fast food. His most recent book, Almost…
    Assaf Gavron
    April 22, 2010
    Essay

    Jerusalem, 1995 – 1996: Eat­ing Stand­ing Up

    On Mon­day, Assaf Gavron wrote about moon­light­ing as an Israeli mover in New York City. His most recent book, Almost Dead, is now avail­able. He’s blog­ging…
    Assaf Gavron
    April 21, 2010
    Essay

    New York, 1998: Research for ​“Mov­ing”

    Assaf Gavron​’s most recent book, Almost Dead, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing​‘s Author…
    Assaf Gavron
    April 19, 2010
    News

    Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration!

    Come join us on on Mon­day, April 19th for the Dor Chadash Yom Ha’atzmaut cel­e­bra­tion. Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is proud to be one of the spon­sors for this…
    JBC Staff
    April 14, 2010
    Essay

    A Trav­el Tip

    In his last posts, David Rosen­berg, whose lat­est books are A Lit­er­ary Bible: An Orig­i­nal Trans­la­tion and An Edu­cat­ed Man: A Dual Biog­ra­phy of…
    David Rosen­berg
    February 26, 2010
    Essay

    In the Sukkot Market

    In this spe­cial install­ment of the Jew­ish Book Council/​MyJew­ish­Learn­ing Vis­it­ing Scribe series, we spot­light book illus­tra­tor and visu­al artist Eliyahu…
    Eliyahu Alpern
    October 14, 2009
    News

    Keep Up-to-date with Hebrew Lit

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterI received the first Insti­tute for the Trans­la­tion of Hebrew Lit­er­a­ture (ITHL) newslet­ter this week from Liran Golod over at…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    October 1, 2009
    Essay

    Con­vert­ibles in the Snow

    Jen­nifer Traig, author of Well Enough Alone: A Cul­tur­al His­to­ry of My Hypochon­dria, is guest-blog­ging all week for MyJew­ish­Learn­ing and…
    Jen­nifer Traig
    September 22, 2009
    News

    Read­ers Dis­sect Tony Horwitz’s review of Israel is Real

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterSteve Coates of the NY Times Paper Cuts Blog shares read­ers’ let­ters in response to Tony Horwitz’s review of Israel Is…
    JBC Staff
    September 2, 2009
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