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Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s  debut novel “One Night, Markovitch” (2012) is worth your time.
Posted inIsrael at 70

11 stellar Israeli novels that cry out to be read

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 10, 2018August 20, 2018
From the cover of "Stealth Altruism" by Arthur Shostak
Posted inBooks

Highlighting radical acts of ‘stealth’ kindness during Holocaust

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller April 4, 2018April 4, 2018
An illustration of the aftermath of the Kishinev pogrom in April 1903, published in "L'Assiette au Beurre - The Crimes of Tsarism and the massacres of Kishinev." (Photo/JTA-Culture Club-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

How an infamous pogrom gave rise to myths, poetry, and the black-Jewish alliance

by Sue Fishkoff April 3, 2018August 18, 2018
Cipe Pineles’ lettering and illustrations for borscht in her manuscript that would become "Leave Me Alone with the Recipes"
Posted inColumns

Found manuscript becomes a cookbook and homage to famed designer Cipe Pineles

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 25, 2018March 23, 2018
Hilary Zaid's debut novel is called "Paper is White."
Posted inCulture

Bridging queer and Jewish identities in debut novel from East Bay author

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller March 12, 2018March 12, 2018
From the cover of "Eternal" by Dara Horn
Posted inColumns

Pondering eternity: destiny, an ancient love affair and the oldest woman in the world

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 7, 2018August 20, 2018
From "The Perfect" Family by Fern Kepke
Posted inColumns

New books by Bay Area authors, Feb. 2018

by Liz Harris February 25, 2018February 26, 2018
Gabrielle Birkner (slightly younger than the age at which she co-wrote "Modern Loss") with her father,
Posted inCulture

‘Modern Loss’ authors show new ways to think about mourning

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller February 20, 2018
From the cover of "Hitler in Los Angeles" by Steven J. Ross
Posted inColumns

New books: Nazis in Hollywood; and Jewish refugees who returned to fight Hitler

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 16, 2018August 20, 2018
Writer Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is teaching a semester-long course on Israeli arts at S.F. State University, spring 2018. (Photo/Courtesy Schusterman Visiting Artists)
Posted inCulture

SFSU visiting novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen tells Israel’s story through its arts

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 2, 2018March 23, 2018

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