From Tablet magazine: “Miriam Michelson, American Jewish Feminist Literary Star of the Western Frontier.”
“One author, raised in liberal Judaism’s bosom, has been quietly redefining what it means to be a Jew in the 21st century.” Batya Ungar-Sargon profiles Adam Kirsch for The Forward.
And the Fig Tree Books blog presents another roundup of links relating to American Jewish Experience in “AJE Around the Web.”
Here’s a “theme” for a Bat Mitzvah celebration that I think we can all get behind.
It’s time to apply for the summer 2015 Great Jewish Books program. (Interested? Might know a high-schooler who could be? Read 2014 participant Hannah Elbaum’s reflections.)
Finally, this week brought the release of the latest newsletter from Fig Tree Books. Check it out!
The Fig Tree Books blog launched a new feature: American Jewish Experience (AJE) Around the Web.
“Commenting on the [Jewish Quarterly/Wingate Prize] longlist, Director of the prize Rachel Lasserson says, ‘This generation of writers was born into stories of epic scale. Our longlist reflects their struggle to make sense of these huge stories.’”
From Mosaic magazine: the inimitable Ruth Wisse writes about Nora Gold’s Fields of Exile: “I am grateful for a work of fiction that honestly animates what is all too actual and true.”
New award for fiction on Jewish themes: the Amy Levy Prize.
On the Well Versed blog: the latest about Granta Israel.
I’ll admit that I have resisted reading all the terrible details of the sickening Rabbi Freundel story. But I’m glad that I read Matthue Roth’s essay-post on the subject for Hevria.
