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Essay Jews for Christmas Eytan Bayme is the author of High Holiday Porn: A Memoir. With some Jewish reflections on the Christmas season to share, Eytan will be guest blogging for the Jewish… Eytan Bayme December 26, 2016
Nonfiction The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire Adam D. Mendelsohn
Essay A Glimpse into the English Charedi School System Eve Harris was born to Israeli-Polish parents in Chiswick, West London, in 1973. She taught for 12 years at inner-city comprehensives and independent schools in… Eve Harris April 9, 2014
Interview Interview: Howard Jacobson on “The Swag Man” by Tahneer OksmanHoward Jacobson is a Manchester-born author and the recent recipient of the Man Booker Prize, as well as two Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prizes… Tahneer Oksman July 19, 2013
Essay A Tale of Two Cities: From London to New York We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the past several weeks, we shared their responses:Digging Deep… Francesca Segal May 29, 2013
Interview An Interview with Naomi Alderman by Ada BrunsteinNaomi Alderman was a finalist for the 2007 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and is a Sami Rohr Prize Literary Institute fellow.… Ada Brunstein May 3, 2013
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Francesca Segal Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLast week, Ben Lerner expressed his desire for readers to be active participants in the construction of what a poem or novel means.… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 3, 2013
