Sharon Pomerantz Reflects on TribeFest

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Earlier this week, the Jewish Book Council sent a few NETWORK authors to TribeFest. We set up two panels…continue reading here.

J Lit Links

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• An excerpt from Tom Segev’s biography on Simon Wiesenthal

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Joshua Braff Visits 770

Earlier this week, Joshua Braff blogged about chasing girls and falling in love at Jewish day school. He has been blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning‘s Author Blog series.

What a ride. Some wind at the writer’s back. What else could I ask for? I’m back from a solid two weeks of touring Peep Show, my second novel, that received favorable praise from all the important folks, including People magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Kirkus/Booklist/Publisher’s Weekly.his words into song and start to rock his body in a particular rhythmic motion that all the yeshiva boys would emulate as they sat together against the wall, a sea of boys in black, imitating their rebbe.  Continue reading here.

Love at Hillel Academy

On Monday, Joshua Braff wrote about kissing girls at Jewish day school. He will be blogging all this week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning‘s Author Blog series.
In the third grade I fell in love with the aforementioned Mora Mirium. She wasn’t my teacher at the time and I remember working so hard for her to notice me the way I noticed her. Continue reading here.

Memories of Hillel Academy: Part I

Joshua Braff is the author of the novel Peep Show. He will be blogging all this week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning’s Author Blog series.
They say write what you know. My first novel is about a yeshiva boy who leaves his religious education to attend a public school in suburban New Jersey. Continue reading here.