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New Jewish Novels and Poetry From New Jersey to Texas

JL;DR SUMMARY Sandee Brawarsky reviews a collection of recent Jewish novels and poetry, highlighting diverse narratives reflecting Jewish experiences across time and place. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityJewish HistoryBrooklynHolocaustPoetryMemorySkokieItalyGalveston Movement

Places mentioned

New Jersey, United States
"When Laura is a child in New Jersey, her mother goes missing, a moment that becomes the fault line in her life."
Italy
"Decades later, Laura, the novels narrator, heads to her mothers native Italy in search of clues."
New York City, New York, United States
"Jo-Ann Morts debut collection of poems involves memory, love and the passage of time in closely observed moments, like a Jewish woman in deep prayer on the New York City subway."
Israel
"Mort sets many poems in Israel and in locales taken from her wide travels and work as an advocate for peace."
Skokie, Illinois, United States
"in which he sharply describes his familys Skokie, Ill., milieu and their mix of Old World Yiddishkeit and Midwestern pragmatism."
Texas, United States
"to bring Jews fleeing the pogroms of Eastern Europe to Texas, where they were to create a Jewish homeland in an effort known as the Galveston Movement."

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