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Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Unlikely In-Laws
By: Michelle Haimoff | Tagged christianity, dating, drinking, in-laws, intermarriage, midwest
The hardest thing about breaking up with the Jewish guy I dated six years ago was breaking up with his parents. I loved his parents. His parents loved me. I knew that the guy and I would never be happy … finish reading The Unlikely In-Laws
Michelle Haimoff's debut novel, These Days Are Ours, is now available. She is a writer and blogger whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, PsychologyToday.com and The Huffington Post. She is a founding member of NOW New York State’s Young Feminist Task Force and blogs about feminist issues at genfem.com.View all posts by Michelle Haimoff
What the Kids are Doing With Their Lives
By: Michelle Haimoff | Tagged 9/11, featured, immigrants, survivors, writing, yiddish
I realized late in life that my parents weren’t your typical Baby Boomers. My dad wasn’t anti-establishment. My mother wasn’t a feminist. Ask them about Woodstock and my dad will tell you that he left early because the crowds made him nervous. … finish reading What the Kids are Doing With Their Lives
Michelle Haimoff's debut novel, These Days Are Ours, is now available. She is a writer and blogger whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, PsychologyToday.com and The Huffington Post. She is a founding member of NOW New York State’s Young Feminist Task Force and blogs about feminist issues at genfem.com.View all posts by Michelle Haimoff
Autumn in His Heart
By: Adam Wilson | Tagged autumn, isaac babel, poetry, sukkot, yehuda amichai, yiddish
I’ve thought a lot about Isaac Babel’s lovely characterization of the Jew as a man with “[s]pectacles on his nose and autumn in his heart.” The first part is easy: the man is an intellectual, a scholar, a thinker. He is frail, … finish reading Autumn in His Heart
Adam Wilson is the author of the novel Flatscreen. He is the editor of the international online newspaper The Faster Times, and a professor of writing at NYU. His journalism, criticism, and fiction have appeared in many publications including Bookforum, The New York Times, The Paris Review Daily, The New York Observer, Meridian, Washington Square Review, The New York Tyrant, Gigantic, Time Out New York, The Forward, and Paste.View all posts by Adam Wilson
Moses and Hubris
There’s a great Seinfeld episode–and one I relate to–in which George Constanza worries that he must have cancer because his life is going well for the first time ever. “I knew God would never let me be happy,” George tells his therapist. … finish reading Moses and Hubris
Adam Wilson is the author of the novel Flatscreen. He is the editor of the international online newspaper The Faster Times, and a professor of writing at NYU. His journalism, criticism, and fiction have appeared in many publications including Bookforum, The New York Times, The Paris Review Daily, The New York Observer, Meridian, Washington Square Review, The New York Tyrant, Gigantic, Time Out New York, The Forward, and Paste.View all posts by Adam Wilson
The Comedienne
By: Leigh Stein | Tagged barbra streisand, biography, comedy, fanny brice, featured, new yorker, yiddish
One of the strange things about having your first book come out is that you think you’ve written one thing, and then everyone decides you’ve written something else. I guess I don’t mean en masse, but I did think I had … finish reading The Comedienne
Leigh Stein's debut novel, The Fallback Plan, is now available. Leigh is a former New Yorker staffer and frequent contributor to its “Book Bench” blog. She lives in Brooklyn, where she works in children’s publishing and teaches musical theater to elementary school students.View all posts by Leigh Stein
The Ghost
By: Leigh Stein | Tagged holocaust, new mexico, travel, western
My fascination with New Mexico began in 2007, when I moved to Albuquerque sight unseen to write my first novel, The Fallback Plan. The state is nicknamed “The Land of Enchantment,” and that’s one of the reasons I moved there, from … finish reading The Ghost
Leigh Stein's debut novel, The Fallback Plan, is now available. Leigh is a former New Yorker staffer and frequent contributor to its “Book Bench” blog. She lives in Brooklyn, where she works in children’s publishing and teaches musical theater to elementary school students.View all posts by Leigh Stein
The Diarist
By: Leigh Stein | Tagged anne frank, childhood, francine prose, holocaust
Before I’d settled on acting or writing, my greatest aspiration was simply to “Be Anne Frank,” and when I was twelve, I auditioned for the title role in a community theater production of the Goodrich and Hackett play. I’m pretty sure I … finish reading The Diarist
Leigh Stein's debut novel, The Fallback Plan, is now available. Leigh is a former New Yorker staffer and frequent contributor to its “Book Bench” blog. She lives in Brooklyn, where she works in children’s publishing and teaches musical theater to elementary school students.View all posts by Leigh Stein
Keeping Doubt Alive
By: Eric Weiner | Tagged belief, buddhism, god, jainism
Like most people, I used to view doubt and faith as occupying two opposite ends of the spiritual spectrum. In my mind, there were people of faith, True Believers, and then there were the Doubters, like myself. A vast and impassable ocean … finish reading Keeping Doubt Alive
Eric Weiner is a former foreign correspondent for NPR, a philosophical traveler—and recovering malcontent. His new book, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine, is now available.View all posts by Eric Weiner
Free Jewish-Books Summer Camp!
By: Matthue Roth | Tagged best books, camp, josh lambert, philadelphia, scholarship, yiddish
When I was a kid, I got sent to a sports camp outside of Philadelphia. Which was sort of the ultimate nightmare for a Jewish nerd. This summer, our friend and MJL writer Josh Lambert (and author of JPS’s American … finish reading Free Jewish-Books Summer Camp!
The Perils and Pleasures of Spiritual Travel
I’ve written a book about my “spiritual journey,” fully aware what an oft abused, dangerously clichéd term it is. The problem with “spiritual journey” (one of many, actually) is that it is usually used aspirationally. We venture far from home, … finish reading The Perils and Pleasures of Spiritual Travel
Eric Weiner is a former foreign correspondent for NPR, a philosophical traveler—and recovering malcontent. His new book, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine, is now available.View all posts by Eric Weiner
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