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Bruce Springsteen Would Be Proud (Or Maybe Scratch His Head in Confusion)

Two weeks ago, I joined thousands of families around Israel for a time-honored ritual: the Saturday night grand finale of ...

Chayla on the Balcony

Looking at the award-winning photograph “Chayla in Shul” I wonder:What is Chayla thinking? Here she is. Alone in this cavernous ...

Novels and the Art of the Mauritshuis

Last night, I had the great honor of reading from my new novel,  The Anatomy Lesson  (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday) inside ...

The “Dance” of Halakha

A new issue of the JOFA Journal will soon be in our subscribers’ mailboxes; its theme is Orthodox women in ...

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

In this week’s Torah portion, God explains that God has called not only Betzalel and Oholiav to execute their craft ...

An Artistic Eruv in Jackson, Mississippi

I’m involved with a wonderful collection of people in Jackson who work hard to put on Figment, a participatory arts ...

Almost Jewish

So why would a nice Jewish girl not write nice Jewish fiction? My last book,  Stations West , was about ...

The Jewish Connection to Art

People ask me how much research I had to do on art forgery for my new book  A Nearly Perfect ...

Putting People in Boxes – Literally

I’d like to preface today’s post by saying that while I *wish* this were some sort of April Fool’s Day ...

Defending “Fiddler” – Punk, Traditional, or Southern-Style

Recently, I read an article about a punk-rock production of “Fiddler on The Roof.” The article caught my eye for several ...