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Today's American Jewish Writers and Readers: A Conversation with Naomi Firestone-Teeter and Lauren Wein

JL;DR SUMMARY In this conversation hosted by Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen with Naomi Firestone-Teeter and Lauren Wein, the trio explores the current state of American Jewish literature and its evolution. 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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Identity  Storytelling  Jewish Book Council  October 7  Memory  Philip Roth  American Jewish Literature  Naomi Firestone Teeter  Lauren Wein  Tali Rosenblatt Cohen 

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New York City, New York, United States
"Lauren Wein is Editor-in-Chief of Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon and Schuster."
Israel
"Jewish Book Council was creating a platform for Israeli writers."

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