Next week, I’ll be publishing an interview with debut novelist Anna Solomon. But this week, you can read Anna’s fascinating essay on Jewish mail-order brides on Tablet.
Poet Samuel Menashe has passed away.
Some fall nonfiction titles of Jewish interest to anticipate.
Mazel tov to David Bezmozgis, author most recently of The Free World, which has been shortlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize.
Eric Herschthal compiles a Jewishly-focused reading list for President Obama.
Shabbat shalom, with an emphasis on “shalom,” especially for our community in southern Israel.