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Items with the tag:

lower east side

Non­fic­tion
Yeshi­va Days: Learn­ing on the Low­er East Side
Jonathan Boyarin
Essay

Leav­ing the Low­er East Side

Jonathan Boyarin
October 5, 2020
Essay

Jew­ish Sci­ence Fiction

Phil M. Cohen
September 7, 2020
Chil­dren’s
Rachel’s Ros­es
Ferida Wolff, Margeaux Lucas (illus.)
Non­fic­tion
Black Harlem and the Jew­ish Low­er East Side: Nar­ra­tives Out of Time
Catherine Rottenberg, ed.
Interview

Celebri­ty, Judaism, and the Low­er East Side: An Inter­view with Roy­al Young

by Joseph Win­klerRoy­al Young’s mem­oir, Fame Shark, was pub­lished last month by Heliotrope Books. Read his Vis­it­ing Scribe posts here.Joseph Win­kler: Your book is…
Joseph Win­kler
July 25, 2013
Essay

Cross­ing Delancey: Roy­al Young on Lee Brozgold

Ear­li­er this week, Roy­al Young dis­cussed his deci­sion to change his name, inter­viewed his grand­par­ents, and wrote about his par­ents’ reac­tion to his debut…
Roy­al Young
June 13, 2013
Essay

From Shtetl to Star: A Jew­ish Tra­di­tion of Chang­ing Names

Ear­li­er this week, Roy­al Young inter­viewed his grand­par­ents and wrote about his par­ents’ reac­tion to his debut mem­oir Fame Shark. He will be blog­ging here all week…
Roy­al Young
June 12, 2013
Non­fic­tion
The Syn­a­gogues of New York’s Low­er East Side: A Ret­ro­spec­tive and Con­tem­po­rary View, Sec­ond Edition
Gerard R. Wolfe; Joseph Berger, fwd.
Recommended Reading

Book Cov­er of the Week: Russ & Daughters

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterThis has been a great year for Jew­ish-inter­est food­ie books. From the The Mile End Cook­book and Jerusalem, to JBC…
Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
December 18, 2012
Visu­al Arts
Isaac Bashe­vis Singer and the Low­er East Side
Isaac Bashevis Singer; Bruce Davidson, photographs
Fic­tion
Up From Orchard Street
Eleanor Widmer
Essay

Acknowl­edg­ing the Ten­e­ment Museum

Ear­li­er this week Debra Spark wrote about meet­ing Adin Stein­saltz and why she makes her char­ac­ters Jew­ish. She has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil…
Debra Spark
April 27, 2012
Fic­tion
Unterza­khn
Leela Cor­man
Non­fic­tion
Morn­ings at the Stan­ton Street Shul: A Sum­mer on the Low­er East Side
Jonathan Boyarin
Non­fic­tion
At The Edge of a Dream: The Sto­ry of Jew­ish Immi­grants on New York’s Low­er East Side: 1880 – 1920
Lawrence J. Epstein

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