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Essay My Name Is Inigo Montoya Austin Ratner won the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for his first novel, The Jump Artist. His new novel, In the Land of the Living, is now available. He… Austin Ratner March 12, 2013
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Stuart Nadler Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterEarlier this month, JBC announced the five fiction finalists for this year’s $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. The authors… Naomi Firestone-Teeter March 12, 2013
Recommended Reading The Best Place on Earth Earlier this week, Nancy Richler discussed the perspective of her novel The Imposter Bride and why she decided to forgo research. She has been blogging here for… Nancy Richler March 8, 2013
News One of These Authors Will Win $100,000 Read more about the 2012 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature finalists here. Read more about the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature here.The People of Forever Are… JBC Staff February 27, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: In the Land of the Living Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOkay, time to get excited people. We’re only two months away from the pub date of Sami Rohr Prize Winner Austin Ratner’s new novel In the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 25, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: A Nearly Perfect Copy Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterSami Rohr Prize finalist Allison Amend’s newest novel, A Nearly Perfect Copy, will be available in April from Nan A. Talese. In the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 16, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Jump Artist Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterSami Rohr Prize Winner Austin Ratner’s The Jump Artist is now available in the UK, with this beauty of a cover: Review in… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 26, 2012
Essay Montefiore’s Ramsgate Earlier this week, Sami Rohr Prize Choice Award Winner Dr. Abigail Green wrote about the making of a good biography and traveling in the footsteps of… Abigail Green May 11, 2012
Essay Historians, Biographers Dr. Abigail Green is the author of Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Abigail Green May 7, 2012
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Gal Beckerman Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterI’m sure it comes as no surprise that Gal Beckerman, winner of the 2010 Jewish Book of the Year Award, is a finalist for this year’s… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 10, 2012
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Ruth Franklin Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterSo far this week:Abigail Green brought our attention to an early twentieth century history book for British children:… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 9, 2012
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…James Loeffler Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterEarlier this week, we asked Sami Rohr Prize Finalists Abigail Green and Jonathan B. Krasner a few questions about their… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 8, 2012
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Jonathan Krasner It’s been a good year so far for Jonathan Krasner. First, he won the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies, and then he was named a finalist… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 7, 2012
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Abigail Green Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn January, we announced the five finalists for this year’s Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. The winner of this prize receives… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 6, 2012
Recommended Reading Escaping the Past? Earlier this week, James Patrick Kelly wrote about a man as puzzling as his stories and John Kessel examined Kafka and the parable. Today, Kelly discusses Sami… James Patrick Kelly January 19, 2012
