Posts Tagged: Jewish Literature
Iddo Gefen Wins Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
JNS.org - Iddo Gefen, an Israeli writer and cognitive psychology doctoral student at Columbia University, has won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for...
Sholem Aleichem and Stolen Dreams
In a newly-translated story in Tablet magazine, Sholem Aleichem recounts the extraordinary Passover of one family in pre-war Poland. The narrator is a young boy...
Adam Kirsch, the Hope of Jewish-American Literature
There are few contemporary Jewish writers in the US I am interested in meeting. They invariably use what Jewish religion they have to rebel against...
Holocaust Novel Wins Jewish Literary Award
JNS.org - The Book of Aron: A Novel, by Jim Shepard, received the 2016 Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature at the midwinter meeting...
Turkey’s Erdogan is Fanning the Flames of Anti-Semitism
When it comes to the safety of the Jewish community in Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to think he can have it both...
Looking at Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism From a Literary Perspective
Imagine a smart young woman named Judith who, after living for ten years in Israel, comes home to Toronto to study for a year. At university...
Netanyahu: Many Arab Countries Now See Israel as a Friend
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Arab world is changing its position on Israel. In an hour-long interview with Canada's CTV News Chief Anchor...
Manuscripts of Kafka to be Transferred to Israel National Library
A collection of never-before-seen private manuscripts of the famous 20th century author Franz Kafka and his close associate care to be transferred over to the...
The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible (REVIEW)
The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible, by Harold Bloom (New Haven: Yale University Press. 2011) Anniversaries generate...
U.S. Declines Sanctions Against Russia in Jewish Literature Battle
After ruling that Russia must return the contents of Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneerson's collection of rare Jewish literature, the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C....
Are You Addicted to the Internet?
"Do you neglect household chores at home or school to spend more time online or video gaming? Do you block disturbing thoughts about your life...
10 Great Jewish and Israeli Quotes
The Jewish people are known as the people of the book. For me, as a Jew, a father, the grandson of Holocaust survivors, a proud...
Occupy Tampa Denounces Anti-Semetic Cartoon, Has No Affiliation With Posting
A community page claiming to be associated with Tampa Florida's Occupy Wall Street chapter published a shocking photo on its Facebook page Thursday morning. However,...
Encyclopedic Wisdom: Britannica and the Talmud
Many of us marked with sadness the recent news that after 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will no longer be available in hard copy. It...
