Seven fiction writers, all American Jewish women, tackle a highly disputed literary question: What makes a work of fiction Jewish? Their replies are fascinating.
- BooksWhat Makes a Book Jewish?
Seven fiction writers, all American Jewish women, tackle a highly disputed literary question: What makes a work of fiction Jewish? Their replies are fascinating.
BooksDocumenting the Memories of Anne Frank’s FriendDina Kraft shares her experiencing collecting Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar’s memories for her new memoir, ‘My Friend Anne Frank.’
Dina Kraft shares her experiencing collecting Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar’s memories for her new memoir, ‘My Friend Anne Frank.’
BooksEssential Reads: Women of Color Navigating Jewish IdentityJewry’s multicultural mix has brought forth a plethora of books that engage readers in tough conversations about the differences and similarities among Jews today.
Jewry’s multicultural mix has brought forth a plethora of books that engage readers in tough conversations about the differences and similarities among Jews today.
BooksThe Next Chapter for Zibby OwensOne of the most powerful book influencers is transforming the publishing world on women’s terms.
One of the most powerful book influencers is transforming the publishing world on women’s terms.
BooksRBG’s Brave & Brilliant WomenA curated list of 33 inspiring women that includes trailblazers from the Bible through the 20th century.
A curated list of 33 inspiring women that includes trailblazers from the Bible through the 20th century.
BooksPeople Love Dead JewsAt its core, People Love Dead Jews is a meditation on time and identity in which Horn ultimately reasserts the vitality of Jewish life.
At its core, People Love Dead Jews is a meditation on time and identity in which Horn ultimately reasserts the vitality of Jewish life.
Books: Luminous Lives of the HolocaustNONFICTION Primo Levi’s Universe: A Writer’s Journey by Sam Magavern. (Palgrave Macmillan, 240 pp. $24.95) While suffering with fellow prisoners doomed to Auschwitz, Primo Levi—chemist,Brief Reviews: Sefardim Who Never ForgetEXHIBIT Jerusalem and the Jews of Spain: Longing and Reality A 23-foot-wide canvas map depicts the world as a cartographer might have drawn it inBooks: Can an atheist find love—and God?FICTION 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein. (Pantheon, 410 pp. $27.95) 36 Arguments for the Existence ofBooks: Nazism and Communism: Tracing How One Family EnduredIn her seventh book, Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America (Simon & Schuster, 272 pp. $26), Kati Marton provides a chilling, intimate look atWho Knows OneBoston-based writer Debra Cash is well known as an expert on dance; she was a dance critic for the Boston Globe for 17 years. In the followingBooks: Digging for History and Finding LoveFICTION Drawing in the Dust: A Novel by Zoe Klein. (Pocket, 360 pp. $25) Despite a bland title, a too-effusive dedication and acknowledgements page, and aSongs for the Butcher’s DaughterSongs for the Butcher’s Daughter is a novel with two inseparable stories. In 1996, a recent college graduate, not Jewish, looks for a job inProfile: Zdena BergerDeceptively simple, elegant prose wrings beauty out of the horrors of the Holocaust in one author’s autobiographical novel of her wartime experiences. Elie Wiesel hasFooter Menu Column 2
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