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Moment Interview | To & Fro Is a Conversation between Kafka and Midrash 23 Sep
Leah Hager Cohen's novel, "To & Fro," ingeniously intertwines the lives of two twelve-year-old girls, Ani and Annamae, through a dual narrative that challeng...
23 Sep
Moment Interview | Why An Atheist Wrote His Debut Novel About a Religious Family 24 May
Toby Lloyd, an atheist, wrote his novel "Fervor" about the Rosenthal family, a religious Jewish family, drawing from his own experiences and interactions wit...
24 May
Moment Book Interview | Elizabeth Graver Tells the Family Story Behind ‘Kantika’ 25 May 2023
Elizabeth Graver's novel, "Kantika," is inspired by her maternal grandmother's migration journey from Istanbul to Barcelona and later to New York. The book e...
25 May 2023
Tablet The Graphic Side of Barney Frank 2 May 2022
Cartoonist Eric Orner has written a new book, "Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank," about his former boss, Barney Frank. Orner worked for Frank as ...
2 May 2022
Tablet Why the Rabbi’s Daughter Has a Christmas Tree 23 Dec 2021
The author recounts her childhood desire for a Christmas tree and her parents' insistence that as Jews, they do not have Christmas trees. She describes her a...
23 Dec 2021
Tablet Family Dinner 10 Dec 2021
The author reflects on the significance of Shabbat dinner in their childhood, which became less important after their father's death. They attempted to recre...
10 Dec 2021
Tablet My Cousin Debbie 8 Jan 2021
This personal essay reflects on the author's relationship with her cousin, Debbie Friedman, a Jewish musician and songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s and...
8 Jan 2021
Tablet The Boys of Summer 24 Jul 2020
This personal essay reflects on the author's experience with her father's disappearance and subsequent death, as well as their shared connection to baseball....
24 Jul 2020