New Jewish Books
After observing the trial of Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt articulated her controversial concept of the “banality of evil,” thereby posing one of the most chilling and divisive moral questions of the twentieth century: How...
The May Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Erika Dreifus at My Machberet at http://www.erikadreifus.com/2014/05/jewish-book-carnival-3/. You’ll find links to Jewish book news, book...
What is real and what is an illusion? Can you trust your memory to provide an accurate record of what has happened in your life? The Confabulist weaves together the rise and fall of world-famous...
But these days, Ruebner is enjoying a new buzz in Israel. In the past decade, the accolades have been stacking up—the Anne Frank Prize, the Jerusalem Prize, the Israel Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature...
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 | 7pmBOOK EVENT Cecile Kuznitz, Bard College; Samuel Kassow, Trinity College; Simon Rabinovitch, Boston University; Steven Zipperstein, Moderator, Stanford University and Kronhill Scholar at YIVO Special Member Reception at 5:30pm....
In January 1916, a New York Times headline proclaimed: “Rivington St. Sees War: Rival Restaurant Men Cut Prices on the Succulent Knish.” The article chronicled a time when the Lower East Side was saturated...
Save 30% off these books in honor of Shavuot. Enter the code 6SH4 in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click “update”. Offer expires June 6, 2014. The Five Megilloth and Jonah Introductions by H....
Rivka Galchen Is Not Your MommyThe thirtysomething characters in ‘American Innovations,’ her vital, intelligent, new collection of stories, have trouble growing up Atmospheric Disturbances, Rivka Galchen’s first book, was one of the most celebrated novelistic debuts of the...
Born Pinkhes Kahanovitsch in 1884 Ukraine, Der Nister—the nom de plume meaning “The Hidden One”—was a widely underappreciated Yiddish writer of staggering talent and ingenuity. Der Nister’s early surrealistic stories were infused with Kabbalah and inspired by...
