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Essay Allison Amend’s JBC Network Lessons Earlier this week, Allison Amend wrote about writing, and not writing, Jewish fiction and the Jewish connection to art. She has been blogging here all week for Jewish… Allison Amend April 19, 2013
Interview A Kvetchy Correspondence Between February 15, 2013 and March 10, 2013, Allison Amend and Austin Ratner, two members of the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize “class,” discussed literary fiction in society,… Allison Amend, Austin Ratner April 8, 2013
Essay A Foodie on Tour Throughout the past year, Mary Glickman has traveled around the country to discuss her first two novels, Home in the Morning and One More… Mary Glickman May 23, 2012
Interview Randy Susan Meyers Dishes about Tours, Writing, and Murder Today, Alicia Oltuski interviews Randy Susan Meyers, who wrote The Murderer’s Daughters, about her experience touring the nation’s synagogues and JCCs with Jewish… Alicia Oltuski March 8, 2012
Essay Jumping! by Elyse IngberJump for joy. Jump for Jenny. Jump-A-Thon. Jump for Colorectal Cancer Research. Wait, what? What is all of this jumping? Through Jewish… Elyse Ingber December 6, 2011
Essay Feed Me Bubbe’s Journey to New York City Yesterday, Avrom Honig shared a behind the scenes look at the photoshoot for Feed Me Bubbe. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Avrom Honig September 7, 2011
News NETWORK Class ’11-’12: Second Course Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterSecond Course:Check out the website for Ellen Bari’s Jumping Jenny here.The New York Times reviews Avner… JBC Staff June 6, 2011
Essay Hello My Long Lost Friend NETWORK author Angella Nazarian shares a touching anecdote from her Jewish Book Month tour with the Jewish Book Council.When she wasn’t… Angella Nazarian November 30, 2010
Essay Planning on Joining the Israeli Army? Joel Chasnoff has been blogging for the JBC on his NETWORK tour all month.After my reading at the Dallas JCC last night,… Joel Chasnoff November 19, 2010
Recommended Reading This is a Soul Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterNote: This post was originally written last week during the Jewish Federation’s General Assembly, a day after this one.Two… Naomi Firestone-Teeter November 17, 2010
Essay Questions that Signal Success Joel Chasnoff has been blogging all month for the Jewish Book Council on his NETWORK author tour.Writing from Houston, TX, in the midst of the mega-est week… Joel Chasnoff November 11, 2010
Recommended Reading The Power of Half Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Jewish Book Council has been spreading the good (book) word down here in New Orleans. This morning we had the pleasure of presenting… JBC Staff November 8, 2010
Essay Joel Chasnoff Visits…the Miami Jewish Book Festival NETWORK author Joel Chasnoff (The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah) will be blogging for the JBC over the next month… Joel Chasnoff October 29, 2010
Essay Book Tour 2010: Joel Chasnoff NETWORK author Joel Chasnoff (The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah) will be blogging for the JBC over the next month… Joel Chasnoff October 28, 2010
News The big reveal – the list of 2010 – 2011 Jewish Book NETWORK authors is now posted Posted by Miri Pomerantz DauberEvery year, through our Jewish Book NETWORK program, we makeshidduchs between over 200 recently published authors and… Miri Pomerantz Dauber August 26, 2010
Essay Network Author Makes the 10th Sam Hoffman, author of the forthcoming Old Jews Telling Jokes: 5,000 Years of Funny Bits and Not-So-Kosher Laughs (August, 2010), shares an anecdote about his… Sam Hoffman June 1, 2010
