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Excerpt A Purge to Preserve the Myth of Spotless Escape Excerpted from Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind by Sarah Wildman, now available in paperback from Riverhead Books.It was some years after his… Sarah Wildman October 13, 2015
Essay Trying Not to Drown in a Glass of Water On My Way to Cuba This week, Ruth Behar, the author of An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba and Traveling Heavy: A Memoir In Between Journeys, blogs for The Postscript on… Ruth Behar February 17, 2015
Essay Reading Like a Senator, Loving Like a Grandparent This week, Claude Knobler— the author of More Love, Less Panic: 7 Lessons I Learned About Life, Love, and Parenting After We Adopted Our Son from Ethiopia blogs… Claude Knobler January 20, 2015
Interview Interview: Sarah Wildman by Annette GendlerSarah Wildman’s Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind, her story of looking for the woman her grandfather left behind, is… Annette Gendler January 15, 2015
Excerpt Read an Excerpt from Lore Segal’s Half the Kingdom Last year, we were excited to feature Lore Segal — of whom we’re adoring fans here at Jewish Book Council — and her newest novel Half the Kingdom, which was published in… Lore Segal November 10, 2014
Essay Reminiscing with Bel Kaufman about Sholem Aleichem Barbara Isenberg, author of Tradition!, is an award winning journalist who has been writing and lecturing about theater for over three decades. She is blogging here… Barbara Isenberg September 2, 2014
Nonfiction The Grandest Love: Inspiring the Grandparent-Grandchild Connection Jerry Witkovsky
Interview Famous Roots: An Interview With My Babbi and Zayde Earlier this week, Royal Young wrote about his parents’ reaction to his debut memoir Fame Shark. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Royal Young June 11, 2013
Essay A Grandmother’s Secrets Anna Solomon’s debut novel, The Little Bride, is now available. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.I’ve been thinking… Anna Solomon November 21, 2011
Children’s A Grandma Like Yours/A Grandpa Like Yours Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum; Barb Bjornson, illus.
