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Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Abigail Green Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn January, we announced the five finalists for this year’s Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. The winner of this prize receives… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 6, 2012
Essay The University of the Ghetto Gloria Spielman‘s most recent book, Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime, is now available. Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime won a silver medal in the 2011… Gloria Spielman October 31, 2011
Nonfiction Jacob’s Cane: A Jewish Family’s Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore Elisa New
Nonfiction Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Mighty Walzer Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterHoward Jacobson’s The Mighty Walzer will be available from Bloomsbury USA in April: Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 19, 2011
News London’s Jewish Book Week For those of you who are (lucky) Londoners, now is the time to buy your tickets for London’s 2011 Jewish Book Week (Feb. 26th-March 6th). This year’s sessions… JBC Staff January 6, 2011
Essay Joanna Rakoff: The Smell of Old England In her last blog, Joanna Rakoff wrote about a family “more identifiably old American than Jewish.“ Here in the U.S., Margaret Drabble’s novels are… Joanna Rakoff July 29, 2009
