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Essay The Origin of Russian for Lovers Marina Blitshteyn is the author of the new poetry chapbook Russian for Lovers. She will be blogging all week for the Visiting Scribe.It was my first semester in the… Marina Blitshteyn April 4, 2011
Essay Reimagining the Talmud Earlier this week, Aaron Roller, an editor of Mima’amakim, wrote about the Jewish Austin Powers and the Jewish poetry conspiracy.I knew something… Aaron Roller March 4, 2011
Essay Samuel Thrope: International Historian of Mystery On Monday, Aaron Roller, an editor of Mima’amakim, wrote about the Jewish poetry conspiracy.Of all the poets whose work I’ve come across while reviewing… Aaron Roller March 2, 2011
Essay The Jewish Poetry Conspiracy Aaron Roller is an editor of Mimaamakim, a journal of Jewish religious poetry and art. Their new issue was just released. He will be blogging all week… Aaron Roller February 28, 2011
Essay The Stranger’s Notebook On Monday, Michael David Lukas shared a list of his top ten favorite Jews of all time. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Michael David Lukas February 16, 2011
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Poetry Edition Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPoetry collections from Canada, New Jersey, Russia (via NY), New Hampshire, and the Bay Area…Singing Me Home, Carol Lipszyc… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 3, 2011
Recommended Reading War & Love, Love & War Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPoet Aharon Shabtai’s latest collection, War & Love, Love & War, is now available. Words without Borders recently… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 9, 2010
Recommended Reading Iran meets Beverly Hills: Angella M. Nazarian Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn Angella M. Nazarian’s stunning new book Life As a Visitor she blends prose and poetry with memoir and visual arts.… JBC Staff April 13, 2010
Essay Remembering Avrom Sutzkever Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAvrom Sutzkever, 1950 – photo by Fritz CohenJeremy Dauber writes for The New Republic on the Yiddish poet Avrom… JBC Staff February 2, 2010
Essay B‑Sides with Melissa Broder In her last post, Melissa Broder, author of the forthcoming When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Mother (February 6th), conducted a “Jewish vs.… Melissa Broder January 26, 2010
Poetry God is a Tree Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJust came across a lovely new book of poems by Esther Cohen entitled God Is a Tree, and Other Middle-Age Prayers. The publisher… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 3, 2008
Poetry I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children’s Drawings and Poems from the Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942 – 1944 Hana Volavkova, ed.
