Posts Tagged: Philip Roth
California’s Gavin Newsom Proposes Budget Increase for State Universities Amid Federal Funding Threats
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a rumored potential candidate for US president in 2028, has proposed hundreds of millions of dollars in new funds for state...
UCLA Settles Antisemitism Lawsuit, Agrees to Donate Millions to Jewish Civil Rights Groups
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has agreed to pay $6.45 million to settle a lawsuit which accused it of fostering a discriminatory and...
UCLA Sued Over Handling of Pro-Hamas Encampment
A lawsuit accusing the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) of fostering a discriminatory learning environment was filed in federal court on Wednesday, another in...
Literary Rites of Passage
Philip Roth’s decision to stop writing earned the laudatory attention it deserves. After authoring 31 books, he announced, first to himself and then to the literary...
‘Indignation’ Has Fight, But Needs More Fury (REVIEW)
Two of the most important things for a young man are to gain independence and find love. In “Indignation,” a film based on the book...
Israeli Novelist Oz Given Bookie Odds to Win Nobel This Year
Israeli novelist Amos Oz is being given 16/1 odds of winning the Nobel Prize in literature this year, according to Ladbrokes, a gambling chain based...
Jewish Writer Philip Roth Awarded France’s Highest Honor
Jewish-American author Philip Roth received France's highest honor Friday, the Legion d'honneur, at a ceremony in New York City. In town for the ...
Opinion: Biden’s Philo-Semitic Comments Went Too Far
NY Magazine - Joe Biden spoke last night in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month. Biden has long, deep ties to the Jewish community...
Biden: Jewish People Have ‘Contributed Greatly to America’
Politico - Vice President Joe Biden spoke at length Tuesday night about the influence of Judaism on the United States, dating back to the...
Jewish Authors Honored by British Literary Magazine
A prestigious literary magazine has released its once-a-decade list of top young writers, and five of the twenty inclusions are Jewish. The British journal Granta released...
Was Saul Bellow a Jewish Writer?
In 1970, when I was living in Glasgow, a close friend suggested I read Saul Bellow's Mr. Sammler's Planet. I went right out and bought...
