Posts Tagged: Jewish writers
New Nonprofit Publishing Company for Jewish, Israeli, Zionist Writers Welcomes Submissions
A new nonprofit press that will focus on publishing adult fiction and nonfiction by Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist writers launched on Wednesday and is now...
Jewish Books Are Being Banned and Shunned: Here’s What Our Response Should Be
I made a decision shortly after October 7, 2023, as Jewish voices were increasingly marginalized in the literary community: in my work as a developmental...
Jewish Authors Are Being Blacklisted by the Publishing Industry — Here’s How They’re Responding
Before October 7, 2023, Elissa Wald was perfectly happy in her career as a ghostwriter, using her skills behind the scenes to amplify the voices...
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...
The Jews Are a Nation of Storytellers
Howard Gardner, professor of education and psychology at Harvard University, is one of the great minds of our time. He is best known for his...
Jewish Writer Howard Jacobson Presented with a Pig at Literary Festival (VIDEO)
A literary award presented to the Jewish writer Howard Jacobson will now allow him to officially pig out. Jacobson, who is British, was presented with a...
The New Republic Drops Jewish Writers
Free Beacon - The New Republic has quietly dropped at least five prominent Jewish writers from its masthead in a move that may signal...
American Hebrew Literature, by Michael Weingrad (REVIEW)
American Hebrew Literature, by Michael Weingrad (Syracuse University Press, 2011). Lost causes, forsaken beliefs, impossible loyalties! How many of these figure in, and sometimes disfigure, Jewish...
Jewish Fiction Finds a New Home on the Internet
Speaking over lively klezmer music in a Krakow café, Canadian author and freelance journalist Menachem Kaiser wonders if Jewish readers are comfortable with the term...
