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Nonfiction The Heart of Loneliness: How Jewish Wisdom Can Help You Cope and Find Comfort Marc Katz
Essay The Tears in Things Earlier this week, Leah Kaminsky considered the role and of ghosts in contemporary literature—including her own novel, The Waiting Room. Leah is guest blogging for… Leah Kaminsky November 9, 2016
Essay Talking to the Dead: The Eternal Jewish Mother Leah Kaminsky is the author of the novel The Waiting Room. She will be guest blogging for the Jewish Book Council all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series here on… Leah Kaminsky November 7, 2016
Nonfiction After One-Hundred-and-Twenty: Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition Hillel Halkin
Essay The Catharsis of Dwelling on Death Earlier this week, Piece of Mind author Michelle Adelman wrote a case for a Jewish belief in ghosts. With the novel’s debut, Michelle is guest blogging as… Michelle Adelman February 25, 2016
Essay Do (Jewish) Ghosts Exist? Michelle Adelman’s debut novel Piece of Mind is told from the perspective of a young woman with a brain injury forced to contend with the difficulties of… Michelle Adelman February 22, 2016
Essay A Bite of the Apple Earlier this week, Bruce J. Hillman shared the story behind writing The Man Who Stalked Einstein and why Jewish doctors make great writers. He has been blogging here… Bruce J. Hillman January 1, 2016
Essay In Praise of Imaginary Things The following is a redacted version of My Father’s Guitar and Other Imaginary Things: True Stories author Joseph Skibell’s original essay for Jewish Book… Joseph Skibell October 26, 2015
Essay Washing the Dead: The Wonder of Ritual Michelle Brafman’s debut novel Washing the Dead is being published this week by Prospect Park Books. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council’s… Michelle Brafman April 27, 2015
Nonfiction Will I Ever Be Happy Again: A Jewish Approach to Helping Children Deal With the Loss of a Loved One Chaya L. Milevsky & Avidan Milevsky; Sarah Zauderer, illus.
Essay Best Friends Lesléa Newman is the author of 60 books including A Letter to Harvey Milk, Nobody’s Mother, Hachiko Waits, Write from the Heart, The Boy Who Cried Fabulous, The Best… Lesléa Newman January 12, 2015
Essay The Little Shul Earlier this week, Ronna Wineberg wrote about Chanukah and shared a deleted scene from her first novel, On Bittersweet Place. She will be blogging here all week for… Ronna Wineberg December 23, 2014
