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A screenshot of the viral "Is your fav author a zionist" Google spreadsheet shows some of the reasons that the document's creators deemed writers pro- and anti-Israel. (Screenshot)
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‘Is your fav author a zionist???’: Viral list reignites antisemitism fears in the literary world

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 10, 2024

(JTA) — Novelist Talia Carner’s agent got in touch on Thursday morning to let her know she was on a list that had gone viral. Usually, that’s good news for […]

James McBride’s new novel is "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store." (Photo/Courtesy Riverhead Books)
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His memoir was a transcendent look at Black-Jewish relations. Can he pull it off again — in a novel?

by Irene Katz Connelly August 22, 2023August 23, 2023
Richard Kluger's new book is "Hamlet's Children."
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Q&A: Pulitzer-winning Berkeley author’s new novel tells story of Danish Jews in World War II

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 4, 2023May 2, 2024
Detail from the cover of "The Wolf Hunt" by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
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Antisemitism haunts Israeli family in Silicon Valley in ‘The Wolf Hunt’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 3, 2023August 3, 2023
illustration: a black silhouette of a perched bird against a background of flames
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Q&A: All Jews go to hell in Oakland writer’s ‘irreligious’ novel

by Sue Fishkoff June 28, 2023June 29, 2023
Alina Sivorinovsky, who writes under the pen name Alina Adams, is the author of "My Mother's Secret," which is set in Birobidzhan, the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region.
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Eat, Pray, Oy Vey: Decision to pull Elizabeth Gilbert’s Russia-set book worries Jewish writers

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 16, 2023June 19, 2023
covers of "Near Normal Man," "Rebecca of Salerno" and "Trial Lawyer"
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New memoirs, novels and poetry collections from local Jewish authors

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 7, 2022May 24, 2023
Dani Shapiro is the author of "Signal Fires: A Novel." (Photo/Beowulf Sheehan)
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New novel from ‘Family Secrets’ podcast host explores aftermath of tragedy

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 17, 2022January 11, 2023
Omer Friedlander is the author of the short story collection "The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land." (Photo/Yam Traiber)
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Debut short-story collection by young Israeli writer is One Bay One Book choice 

by Sue Fishkoff August 25, 2022November 7, 2022
From the cover of "Shmutz: A Novel" by Felicia Berliner
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In ‘Shmutz,’ a young woman seeks sexual liberty — while staying Hasidic

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi and Forward July 21, 2022

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