Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter
April 6th is a big day for Jewish literature in NYC this year. Continue reading here.
Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter
April 6th is a big day for Jewish literature in NYC this year. Continue reading here.
Posted in Jewish Books
Tagged Ariel Sabar, blue nude, elizabeth rosner, Jessica Jiji, Jewish Books, Sweet Dates of Basra
Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter
Gosh, it never ends. But, bad weather = more time to read, so we’re not complaining too much! Continue reading here.
Posted by Naomi Firestone
Congratulations to Ariel Sabar on his National Book Critics Circle Win! Continue reading here.
Posted in Jewish Books
Tagged Ariel Sabar, Jewish Books, My Father's Paradise, National Book Critics Circle
Posted by Naomi Firestone
I’m currently in the middle of Ariel Sabar’s memoir My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq (http://www.arielsabar.com/) and am fascinated by the history of the Jews and Muslims in Zakho, who lived alongside one another in mountainside villages for nearly 2,700 years…continue reading here. Continue reading here.
Posted by Naomi Firestone
Over the past several years, the Jewish Book Council has received an influx of titles concerning the plight of Jews outside the boundaries of Europe. Continue reading here.
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Tagged Algonquin, Ariel Sabar, Babylon, Dalia Sofer, David Godine, Dropped from Heaven, Ecco, Edna Fernandes, Farewell, Jewish Books, Jews of Egypt, Jews of India, Jews of Iran, Jews of Iraq, Lucette Lagnado, MacAdam Cage, My Father's Paradies, Naim Kattan, Penguin Press, Sadia Shepard, Schocken, Skyhorse Publishing, Sophie Judah, The Girl from Foreign, The Last Jews of Kerala, The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, The Septembers of Shiraz