On Jewish writing

Published on May 3, 2013

I’m noticing a trend among my coreligionists-who-write: arguing against being “labeled” as Jewish writers — especially when they are simultaneously speaking in Jewish-sponsored lecture/reading series, blogging for the Jewish Book Council, and/or benefiting from awards given specifically for works deemed to have Jewish significance. These writers protest too much as they engage in a variation of that proverbial activity: biting a hand that feeds them.

Appropriating Anne Frank

By Danielle Berrin
Published on April 11, 2012

April 3, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on April 3, 2012

What we talk about when we talk about Nathan Englander’s new story collection

Published on March 30, 2012

Thirteen years ago, Nathan Englander’s debut story collection, “For the Relief of Unbearable Urges,” brought its then twenty-something author his initial fame. Eight years later came the publication of a first novel, “The Ministry of Special Cases.”

Safran Foer’s New American Haggadah out of stock across web [UPDATED]

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on March 20, 2012

If I had just one Jewish book to read . . . .

By Anita K. Kantrowitz
Published on November 7, 2008

The Jewish Journal asked several authors appearing at Sunday's Celebration of Jewish Books to answer a question that, at least for writers, has existential overtones: "If you were stranded on a deserted island, what Jewish book would you want to have with you, and why?"

Books: Englander taps Kafkaesque isolation in ‘Special Cases’

By Mark Oppenheimer
Published on May 10, 2007

Nathan Englander's new novel, "The Ministry of Special Cases" (Alfred A. Knopf), begins on a dark night in a dangerous time: "Jews bury themselves the way they live, crowded together, encroaching on one another's space. The headstones were packed tight, the bodies underneath elbow to elbow and head to toe.