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Notes from Around the Web

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  • The latest Tablet column from Josh Lambert lists a number of new Holocaust-related book releases.
  • Also on Tablet: an interview with Janis Bellow on the occasion of the publication of Saul Bellow: Letters.
  • Bill Clinton calls for Yitzhak Rabin’s work to be completed.
  • I probably won’t be revisiting any of Jean-Luc Godard’s films anytime soon.
  • On a similarly depressing note: This Jewish Ideas Daily article presents the dismal situation Israel faces within the United Nations.
  • Some personal reflections on the latest Jewish Book Council Twitter Book Club, and connections between Julie Orringer’s The Invisible Bridge and my own forthcoming story collection, Quiet Americans.
  • The Association of Jewish Libraries has issued a Call for Applicants for a seat on the Sydney Taylor Book Awards Committee. Deadline: December 1, 2010.
  • Linda K. Wertheimer shares two thoughtful essays on the motivations behind her writing over on the Jewish Muse blog.
  • Sherri Mandell is the most recent first-prize winner of the Moment/Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest. Her winning story is “Jerusalem Stone.”

    • Shabbat shalom, everyone!

    Writing Contest to Award Round-trip Flight to Israel

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    Received an email from StandWithUs yesterday about a new writing contest that will award the winner a round-trip flight to Israel. The contest is being held to help launch the organization’s Divest from Terror campaign. Entrants are asked to read an article, review the accompanying photos, and submit a piece (300 words or less) that describes “how you would launch a high-impact, global campaign demanding reforms in countries that violate human rights, promote terrorism, and threaten world peace.” There is no entry fee. Deadline: December 31, 2010.

    Notes from Around the Web

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  • While I was away, Briton Howard Jacobson won the Man Booker Prize for his novel, The Finkler Question. I almost missed this New York Times profile of Jacobson–thanks to my friend B.J. Epstein for making sure that I caught it!
  • Another item from across the pond: a lovely post about Allegra Goodman’s latest novel, The Cookbook Collector.
  • Dara Horn reviews Cynthia Ozick’s new novel, Foreign Bodies.
  • The Boston Bibliophile reviews Joan Leegant’s novel, Wherever You Go.
  • Liel Leibovitz introduces readers to Dolly City, “the influential novel by Israeli author Orly Castel-Bloom…released this month in a superb English translation by Dalya Bilu….”
  • Most reviews of David Grossman’s new novel have been glowing. Daphne Merkin’s take is different.
  • The Hebrew literature department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is “in genuine crisis.”
  • On the Scribblers on the Roof website: three poems by Michael Jackman.
  • As mentioned on my other blog yesterday, my short-story collection, Quiet Americans, has just received its first review (and it’s a positive one!).

    • Shabbat shalom!

    Notes from Around the Web

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  • Howard Jacobson’s latest novel, The Finkler Question, was already on my tbr list. Adam Kirsch’s review only solidified my interest.
  • On a lighter note, if you’re starting to look for Chanukah gifts for the little ones, you may want to check out this list of new titles.
  • I am so excited for the next Jewish Book Council Twitter Book Club! The chosen book is Julie Orringer’s The Invisible Bridge; the author will participate; and the event will take place online on Tuesday, October 26.
  • Mazel Tov to author Max Apple on winning a Pew Fellowship (you may recall my appreciation for his collection, The Jew of Home Depot and Other Stories).
  • More about David Grossman and his newly translated novel, this time from The Jewish Week.
  • Now up on The Jewish Reader: Philip Roth’s Nemesis.

    • This will be my final post for ten days or so. I’m heading to Israel tomorrow night! I don’t expect to be online much (if at all) while I’m there, but I do anticipate returning with lots of discoveries to share. Shabbat shalom, and see you when I’m back!

    Notes from Around the Web

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    Lots of Jewish literary news to share with you before Shabbat, my friends!

    • Israeli author Assaf Gavron is among the latest artists to be named a Schusterman Visiting Artist. Gavron will be in residence at Chapman University (Calif.) next spring.
    • In case you missed the news, David Grossman’s latest novel (translated by Jessica Cohen) is now out in the U.S. (And in the days since I wrote the post I’ve just linked to, which includes a mention of George Packer’s New Yorker profile of Grossman, Packer participated in a Q&A with readers archived here.)
    • I loved Josh Lambert’s pre-Yom Kippur “contrition edition” book column for Tablet.
    • Coming soon from the Feminist Press: Israeli writer Michal Govrin’s Hold on to the Sun. (I can’t tell if there’s a translator involved here, although an editor is referenced.)
    • Just a little more than a week away: the Jewish Book Council-sponsored Jewish Authors’ Conference. (I’ll be moderating a panel of pretty impressive authors: Gal Beckerman, Jennifer Gilmore, and Joanna Smith Rakoff.)
    • And last, but not necessarily least: a little bit about l’dor v’dor and its presence in my own poetry and prose.

      • Shabbat shalom!