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I love this piece by Erica Lyons. May it be a call to action for programs and those who run them–including programs for Jewish journalism–to recognize the potential contributions of those of us Jews who–horrors!–have passed our fortieth birthdays.
How did one collection of Jewish-focused fiction get its title? Read all about it.
What I’m reading right now: an advance copy of The Little Bride, by Anna Solomon.
Ken Schoen, proprietor of Schoen Books, chronicles a return to his family’s homeland.
Thirty-five years after Entebbe, Yonatan Netanyahu is remembered as a Harvard student. Which makes this Harvard alum especially moved, proud, and astonished that she wasn’t aware of this particular history.
Shabbat shalom!
Through November 30: “The Jewish Writer: Portraits by Jill Krementz.” Exhibition at the Center for Jewish History in NYC.
Next week (also in NYC): The Greatest Yiddish Literature Party Ever.
Professor Gil Troy, on the new genre of “Zionist captivity narratives.” (via JTA)
Mazel tov to the newest winners of the Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism.
I dare you to watch this prize-winning, (very) short film without being moved.
Shabbat shalom!
Thanks for the Center for Jewish History for posting a video of its May 18 “Evening with Philip Roth.”
On Wednesday, the Jewish Book Council’s Twitter Book Club convened to discuss David Bezmozgis’s novel, The Free World. Here’s the transcript.
Meantime, the JBC has announced the title for its next Twitter Book Club: Deborah Lipstadt’s The Eichmann Trial.
I was deeply saddened to read of the death of Zev Birger, a man described by The New York Times as “an official in the young state of Israel who later revived and then led the Jerusalem International Book Fair, turning it into a major event on the literary calendar,” from injuries he sustained when struck by a motorcycle. Mr. Birger, 85, was a Holocaust survivor.
David Kaufmann introduces us to Robert Pinsky’s Selected Poems.
The Forward presents its new website.
Hoping to spend some quality time this weekend with all of the wonderful links in this month’s Jewish Book Carnival.
Shabbat shalom!
I was lucky enough to attend the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature awards ceremony last week, so I heard Deborah Lipstadt’s speech when it was delivered. But thanks to the Jewish Book Council, you can now read the text of Lipdstadt’s remarks, too.
A.B. Yehoshua praises Haifa and reminds me that I want to spend more time there.
Novelist Emily Barton writes about The Jazz Singer.
The Boston Bibliophile reviews and recommends The Last Brother, a novel by Nathacha Appanah (trans. Geoffrey Strachan). My own review was filed a couple of weeks ago; when it’s published, you’ll see that I’m 100 percent in agreement.
From the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center: ideas for social-justice book clubs.
Hurry up and read David Bezmozgis’s novel, The Free World, before next week’s Twitter Book Club session for it.
You may have heard that Edith Pearlman is the latest recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction. I’ve admired Pearlman’s work for a long time–I’m eager to read her newest book, Binocular Vision–and I was thrilled to see my own book discussed alongside hers (and Laura Furman’s) in this review by Rabbi Rachel Esserman.
Shabbat shalom!
Josh Lambert examines “why a growing number of today’s young Jewish fiction writers…are grounding their novels in scholarly research.”
Author Hans Keilson has passed away.
“You are Jewish. Or you aren’t Jewish. Either way, you wonder about the relationship of Jews in the United States to Israel. Is it love/hate? Despair/hope? Anger/fondness? Fear/longing? You have your own thoughts on the matter. But you want to learn more.” (Reason #15 in Becky Tuch’s “21 Reasons Why You Should Read Dissent.”)
Check out The Forward‘s Summer Books section.
It’s been a busy week for my short-story collection, Quiet Americans.
Jeffrey Goldberg responds to a Scottish boycott of Israeli books.
Shabbat shalom!