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Welcome to the Jewish Book Council Tumblr. We hope you'll join us as we venture into the world of Jewish books, exploring questions related to what makes a book Jewish, trends in the Jewish literary scene, interesting new books to come across our desk, emerging authors, interviews, and more. Feel free to write to us with your opinions and ideas. We'd love to hear from you! Happy reading… |
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Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend: Jewish Book Council’s 2013 Summer Reads
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The guidelines and submission forms for the 2013 National Jewish Book Awards are now available here.
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Read Rebecca Miller’s piece on Edouard de Pomiane, who cheerfully breaks all male Jews into three types here
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While attending a memorial for a friend’s father, Joanna Hershon considers religion vs. secularism.
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In this new book on Franz Kafka, Saul Friedlander examines Kafka’s relations with his family, his Judaism, and his sexual fantasies:
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Leonid Tsypkin is arguably the most important unsung Jewish writer of the twentieth century.
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NotesMichael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch and well-known Yiddish scholar, is currently trying to crowd-fund his next project, a translation of a classic Yiddish novel by Joseph Opatoshu, on Indiegogo. Read more about the project here.
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Check out Jewish Book Council’s Lower East Side Reading List here
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A golem-themed reading list from Helene Wecker, whose debut novel The Golem and the Jinni was recently published
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Shani Boianjiu, author of the debut novel The People of Forever Are Not Afraid, writes about forever stories, answering questions, and writing in English here.
