Tagged: michael wex

July 2016 Jewish Book Carnival

The July Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Book Q&A’s with Deborah Kalb. You can see the Carnival at http://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2016/07/jewish-book-carnival-for-july-2016.html. You’ll find...

Shlepping the Exile by Michael Wex

Svelte and supple as unleavened bread, Shlepping the Exile rends the shmaltz from Jewish fiction and replaces it with a pound of real flesh.  It’s the story of Yoine Levkes, a hassidic boy of the Canadian...