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Interview Emerging Voices Interview: Shulem Deen Shulem Deen is the author of the recently published memoir All Who Go Do Not Return (Graywolf Press). JBC Staff: I think that sometimes the way in which… JBC Staff April 23, 2015
Essay Ask Big Questions: When Do You Say No? The Jewish Book Council is delighted to publish a continuing blog series in partnership with Ask Big Questions, an initiative out of Hillel International… Shulem Deen April 16, 2015
Essay Making My Own MFA Earlier this week, Shulem Deen wrote about “New Happy And Worldly Hasidim.” He is the author of All Who Go Do Not Return, a memoir about growing up in and then… Shulem Deen March 5, 2015
Essay What We Talk About When We Talk About Hasidim Shulem Deen is the author of All Who Go Do Not Return, a memoir about growing up in and then leaving the Hasidic Jewish world. He will be blogging here all week for… Shulem Deen March 2, 2015
Nonfiction The Aura of Torah: A Kabbalistic-Hasidic Commentary to the Weekly Readings Rabbi Larry Tabick
Interview Interview: Joseph Berger by Carol KaufmanJewish Book Council’s Carol Kaufman recently spoke with Joseph Berger about his new book, The Pious Ones: The World of Hasidim and Their Battles with… Carol Kaufman September 8, 2014
Interview Interview: Rabbi Joseph Telushkin by William Liss-LevinsonWilliam Liss-Levinson, member of the Board of the Jewish Book Council, sat down with fellow Board member and noted author, scholar and speaker… William Liss-Levinson August 22, 2014
Essay Some Thoughts on the Pew Survey of Jewish America Earlier this week, Michael Levin wrote about encountering the Hasidic enclave for the first time and the why and how of his art and research on Hasidism. He is… Michael Levin October 18, 2013
Essay Encountering the Hasidic Enclave Earlier this week, Michael Levin wrote about the why and how of his art and research on Hasidism. He is a Brooklyn-based artist and the author of Jews of Today:… Michael Levin October 16, 2013
Essay Dynamic and Polyglot: Judaism’s (Hasidic) Revival Movement Michael Levin is a Brooklyn-based artist and the author of Jews of Today: A Primer on Hasidic Dress. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Michael Levin October 14, 2013
Nonfiction Filling Words With Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer Lawrence Kushner; Nehemia Polen
