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What Jewish Writers Need

I found this essay provoking: I knew that serious Jewish-American writers were in trouble several decades ago when I began giving my classes in “Jewish-American Fiction” a chance to vote on their favorite text in a survey course that included … Continue reading

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Jonathan Safran Foer At AJU’s Sunday Book Fair

Here’s an excerpt of my full report: Last discussion of the day is Rabbi Robert Wexler interviewing Jonathan Safran Foer. Joel Stein does the introduction in place of some chick on the side of the stage named Abby. (Listen) We … Continue reading

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