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Nonfiction Empire Jews: Jewish Nationalism and Acculturation in 19th and Early 20th Century Russia Brian Horowitz
Nonfiction Memoirs of a Grandmother: Scenes from the Cultural History of the Jews of Russia in the Nineteenth Century Pauline Wengeroff; Shulamit S. Magnus, trans. with notes and commentary
Nonfiction Dreams of Nationhood: American Jewish Communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan Project, 1924 – 1951 Henry Felix Srebrnik
Nonfiction Swimming in the Daylight: An American Student, a Soviet-Jewish Dissident, and the Gift of Hope Lisa C. Paul
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 My Other Baby On Monday, Gal Beckerman wrote about barbecuing with hijackers. His first book, When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save… Gal Beckerman September 15, 2010
Essay Barbecuing with the Hijackers Gal Beckerman‘s first book, When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry, is now available. Gal, a staff writer at… Gal Beckerman September 13, 2010
Essay A Kind of Homecoming Michael Idov is a contributing editor at New York Magazine and the author of the novel Ground Up. In his last post, Michael wrote about… Michael Idov December 16, 2009
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
Recommended Reading Ayn Rand x2 Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThis October, Doubleday and Oxford University Press are both releasing new titles on the life of Ayn Rand, best known as the author… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 29, 2009
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Sana Krasikov Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOur fourth installment of “Words from our Finalists”…Sana KrasikovSana…meet our ReadersReaders…meet SanaWhat are some of the most… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 8, 2009
