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Argentina's writer Jorge Luis Borges talks in his Buenos Aires apartment on November 20, 1981. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)
May 4, 2019, 3:08 am
Jorge Luis Borges’ love for Israel and Jews revealed in new book
Collection of Argentine author’s writings, photos and letters explores his Jewish connection, including friendship with David Ben-Gurion and visits to Israel
By JTA
Michael David Lukas at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco in 2014. (Wikimedia Commons)
May 2, 2019, 12:20 pm
Novel spanning centuries of Mideast Jewish life wins $100,000 literature prize
Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature awarded to Michael David Lukas for his book ‘The Last Watchmen of Old Cairo’ telling stories drawn from the Cairo Geniza
By Josefin Dolsten
Israeli author Ayelet Tsabari. (Collage by Alma; Tsabari photo: Jonathan Bloom)
February 24, 2019, 1:56 am
Israeli writer Ayelet Tsabari on being a literal, literary wandering Jew
The author’s upcoming memoir, which will be published in English, charts her own struggles and those of Mizrahi Jews in Israel
By Emily Burack
Author Saul Bellow laughs during an interview in his office on April 17, 1997 at Boston University, where he teaches literature (AP Photo/Elise Amendola).
December 16, 2018, 9:21 pm
Why Saul Bellow didn’t want to be called a ‘Jewish-American’ writer
US Jews were a vehicle for the Nobel Laureate to say what it means to be an American, according to biographer Zachary Leader, whose second Bellow volume is now on bookstore shelves
By Eric Cortellessa
Michael Frank, author of award-winning memoir, 'The Mighty Franks.' (Courtesy)
July 23, 2018, 2:05 am
This award-winning memoir is a Greek tragedy with a Jewish twist
Wingate Prize winner ‘The Mighty Franks’ is about author Michael Frank’s tight-knit family that’s so close it hurts
By JP O’ Malley
Philip Roth (Douglas Healey/AP)
May 25, 2018, 4:47 pm
The story behind Philip Roth’s final days
Literary giant’s anointed biographer Blake Bailey shares the details of Roth’s long struggle with coronary artery disease, and of his prolific — and profound — writing life
By Eric Cortellessa
Judy Blume in New York City in 2004. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 24, 2018, 2:48 pm
10 writers not named Roth who capture female US Jewish experience
These women of words speak to today’s generation, in which gender and culture are perceived very differently
By Emily Burack
Herman Wouk during an interview with CBS, July 2, 2017 (screen capture/YouTube)
July 4, 2017, 1:28 pm
At 102, legendary author Herman Wouk has a new book out
Jewish novelist says his ‘main task’ has been depicting ‘what happened in World War II and the Holocaust’
By Benjamin Kerstein
Idra Novey, author of 'Ways to Disappear.' (Donata Zanotti)
May 20, 2017, 3:21 am
The award-winning novel that appeared out of nowhere
Acclaimed translator Idra Novey’s debut book ‘Ways to Disappear’ is a five-year secret project turned Sami Rohr Prize winner
By Cathryn J. Prince
Idra Novey (Courtesy/Donata Zanotti)
May 4, 2017, 2:01 pm
Author Idra Novey wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature
Novel ‘Ways to Disappear’ explores a translator’s search for a missing author in modern-day Brazil
By JTA
Students from St Angela’s School, Ursuline Convent view 'Representations of Jews in Irish Literature' exhibition at Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland, February 2017 (Jennifer Bolger/WIT)
March 15, 2017, 3:08 pm
Dracula the ‘Wandering Jew,’ and other unknown facets of Irish lit in NY-bound exhibition
From the Middle Ages and the Annals of Innisfallen to Leopold Bloom, Jews are a surprisingly constant presence in a millennium of Irish writing
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative photo of shelves filled with books. (CC BY 2.0 Stewart Butterfield/Wikipedia)
January 12, 2017, 5:07 pm
Jewish Quarterly announces finalists for Wingate Prize
Award given annually by British magazine to the book that best conveys ‘idea of Jewishness to the general reader’
By TOI staff
Writer Michael Chabon speaking at The New Yorker Festival 2014 on October 10, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for The New Yorker Festival via JTA)
January 11, 2017, 11:44 pm
Michael Chabon, Daniel Gordis win National Jewish Book Awards
‘Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn’ declared book of the year; author of ‘The Yiddish Policemen’s Union’ also honored
By JTA
Books make wonderful Chrismukkah gifts. (Courtesy of the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation)
December 21, 2016, 6:26 pm
8 books for 8 nights of Hanukkah
Whether you burn through a book a day or wrap a few as gifts, we’ve got enough literature to fuel you for the duration of the holiday
By Victor Wishna
Jonathan Safran Foer (Jeff Mermelstein/via JTA)
October 8, 2016, 1:43 am
10 awesome tomes for the Days of Awe (and after)
If you dare glance away from your prayer book a moment, these volumes might be worth the risk
By Victor Wishna
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