The Greatest Yiddish Literature Party Ever

Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter

Yep, that’s right…the GREATEST Yiddish Literature Party EVER…brought to you by your friends at the Jewish Book Council, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and Jewcy in honor of the new film Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness by Joseph Dorman. Join us on July 6th from 7:30PM to 10:30PM at (le) poisson rouge for readings by…continue reading here.

Jewish Poets + Berkeley

Posted by Naomi Firestone

Matthue Roth on the Jewish poetry scene in Berkeley and their spoken-word festivals…continue reading here.

Poets with Chutzpah

Posted by Naomi Firestone
Thanks to Matthue Roth for bringing our attention to a series run by TCJewfolk.com called “Poets with Chutzpah…continue reading here.

MJL Interviews Goldie Goldbloom

Posted by Naomi Firestone

Matthue Roth interviews Goldie Goldbloom, author of Toads’ Museum of Freaks and Wonders for MyJewishLearning…continue reading here.

The Good Books: Writing Religion for Young Adults

Micol Ostow, author of So Punk Rock (And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother), Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa, and 30 Guys in 30 Days , is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council.

If you had told me when I first began my career as a writer of teen fiction that I would in time gravitate from the pop-sugar of early projects like 30 Guys in 30 Days over toward books with a decidedly…Semitic bent, I would have laughed. Continue reading here.