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News Stray Questions for…Joshua Cohen JBC Staff May 14, 2010 Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJoshua Cohen at The Candlestick Readings in BrooklynJoshua Cohen (Witz) on The New York Times Paper Cuts Blog, where he answers:What are you working on now?Describe a typical day in your writing life.What have you been reading or recommending lately?Read his answers here. More from JBC Staff Previous Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: Aharon Appelfeld and Nicole Krauss Bob Goldfarb Next Shavuot Link Round-Up JBC Staff Related Reading Recommended Reading April 2014 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Suzanne: The Harem Midwife (Roberta Rich) | Naomi: A Bintel Brief (Liana Finck)Miri: The Inn at Lake Devine (Elinor Lipman) | Nat:… JBC Staff April 10, 2014 Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Rebecca Schiff Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging fiction authors named as finalists for the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Today, we… JBC Staff May 2, 2017 News The Holocaust Book Award in Memory of Ernest W. Michel Named for 2017 JBC Staff March 7, 2017 Recommended Reading Jewish Book Council Staff Picks for December 2016 Find out what the Jewish Book Council staff is reading this month!MimiSababa by Yamin Levy is an interesting book of two stories, both taking place in Jerusalem, but… JBC Staff December 15, 2016
Recommended Reading April 2014 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Suzanne: The Harem Midwife (Roberta Rich) | Naomi: A Bintel Brief (Liana Finck)Miri: The Inn at Lake Devine (Elinor Lipman) | Nat:… JBC Staff April 10, 2014
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Rebecca Schiff Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging fiction authors named as finalists for the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Today, we… JBC Staff May 2, 2017
News The Holocaust Book Award in Memory of Ernest W. Michel Named for 2017 JBC Staff March 7, 2017
Recommended Reading Jewish Book Council Staff Picks for December 2016 Find out what the Jewish Book Council staff is reading this month!MimiSababa by Yamin Levy is an interesting book of two stories, both taking place in Jerusalem, but… JBC Staff December 15, 2016