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Nonfiction “We Are Jews Again”: Jewish Activism in the Soviet Union Yuli Kosharovsky; Stefani Hoffman, trans.; Ann Komaromi, ed. & intro.
Interview Interview: Sana Krasikov with Dalia WolfsonSana Krasikov, winner of the 2009 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, published her first novel in January. The Patriots explores the… Dalia Wolfson June 12, 2017
Interview David Bezmozgis on Turning His Short Story, “Natasha,” into a Film Ranen Omer-Sherman April 25, 2017
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Turned Inside Out Posted by Nat BernsteinI was so taken with the content of Steven Shankman’s Turned Inside Out: Reading the Russian Novel in Prison I almost failed to notice the book… Nat Bernstein December 1, 2016
Essay On Writing Catastrophe: Jewish Chroniclers of War in 20th-Century Russia Polly Zavadivker is the editor and translator of the recently published 1915 Diary of S. An-sky: A Russian Jewish Writer at the Eastern Front. She is blogging… Polly Zavadivker April 18, 2016
Nonfiction 1915 Diary of S. A. An-sky: A Russian Jewish Writer at the Eastern Front S. A. An-sky; Polly Zavadivker, trans.
Essay We Don’t Get to Choose Our Material Earlier this week, author Paul Goldberg wrote about the popularity of King Lear in midcentury Moscow and Yiddish theater. With the release of his novel The Yid, Paul… Paul Goldberg February 16, 2016
