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20 questions for rachael lavon

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 29 Sep

Cindy Scarr's interview with Rachael Lavon offers insights into the life and creative process of an award-winning Jewish fiction writer and editor of Mishpacha's literary collection, Calligraphy.

0 Culture Literature

Fiction Contest 2024

Guest Contributor in Lilith · 18 Sep

Lilith magazine invites fiction writers with Jewish and feminist themes to participate in their Annual Fiction Contest.

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An Absence of Cousins review: ‘it does Segal a disservice’

Jewish Chronicle · 29 Aug

"An Absence of Cousins" by Lore Segal, reviewed by Jennifer Lipman, is a collection of interlinked short stories originally published in The New Yorker, featuring Viennese expat Ilka Weisz as she navigates academia and social life on America’s East Coast during the 1960s and 70s.

0 Literature Gender/Identity

Not Your Father’s Jewish Mother with Rebecca Goldstein, Yael Goldstein Love and Amy E. Schwartz

MomentMag · 31 Jul

Rebecca Goldstein, Yael Goldstein-Love, and Amy E. Schwartz discuss the evolution of the Jewish mother figure in literature, alongside the winners of the Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest.

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Danila Botha's new book of short fiction wants to break the mold of Jewish Orthodoxy

Culturally Jewish · 25 Jun

Canadian author Danila Botha discusses her latest book, "Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness," featuring Jewish stories that challenge traditional Orthodox narratives.

0 Holocaust Literature

Why it's time to celebrate a glorious Yiddish writer who would have turned 100 this year

Aviya Kushner in Forward · 22 Dec 2023

Chava Rosenfarb, a renowned Yiddish writer, is being celebrated in Lodz, Poland, where she was once imprisoned during the Holocaust.

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10 Short Stories That Perfectly Portray Israeli Culture

Joshua Hoffman in Future of Jewish · 20 Aug 2023

This article highlights 10 short stories that provide a glimpse into Israeli culture.

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Raymond Carver, Israeli Writer

Shalom Goldman in Tablet · 2 Aug 2021

Raymond Carver, a well-known American writer, is often considered distant from Jewish American and Israeli realities, as his stories primarily focus on underclass America.

0 Literature Israel

To Have and Have Not: Aspirations, Fulfilled and Unfulfilled

Tel Aviv Review · 15 Jan 2018

Journalist and author Mika Almog delves into her new collection of short stories in "Anticipation," focusing on ordinary yet compelling characters set in contemporary Israel.

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Tel Aviv Stories: Identity and Dislocation in a Strangely Familiar Place

Tel Aviv Review · 13 Nov 2017

In her collection of short stories, "The Worlds We Think We Know," Israeli-American novelist Dalia Rosenfeld delves into the internal struggles of individuals, with Tel Aviv often playing a crucial but unspoken role.

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Hello, Gorgeous: Ep. 47

Unorthodox · 30 Jun 2016

This episode features an engaging conversation with Rebecca Schiff about her debut short story collection, and an interview with Mo Rocca, who shares his experiences from show business and his perspective on Jewish culture.