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Nonfiction Heart of the City: Nine Stories of Love and Serendipity on the Streets of New York Ariel Sabar
Essay Contending with Catastrophe Posted by William SudryAs the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks approaches, the scars left by that tragedy linger and continue to remind. Americans of… William Sudry August 10, 2011
Essay Joshua Braff Visits 770 Earlier this week, Joshua Braff blogged about chasing girls and falling in love at Jewish day school. He has been blogging all week for the… Joshua Braff July 16, 2010
Essay Writing a Book Like Coney Island… Joshua Cohen’s most recent novel, Witz, is now available. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning‘s Visiting… Joshua Cohen June 1, 2010
Essay New York, 1998: Research for “Moving” Assaf Gavron’s most recent book, Almost Dead, is now available. He will be blogging for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning‘s Author… Assaf Gavron April 19, 2010
Essay The Act of Self-Translation Michael Idov is a contributing editor at New York Magazine and the author of the novel Ground Up. He’ll be blogging all week… Michael Idov December 14, 2009
News Reading the Talmud on the B Train Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe New York Times published an interesting article yesterday by Alexis Mainland on reading while traveling on the NYC subway… JBC Staff September 4, 2009
News The First Annual Lillian Goldman Literary Series Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Lillian Goldman Literary Series presents the second in an already widely praised series of staged readings exploring the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter March 9, 2009
