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Richard Benjamin, right, as Alexander Portnoy in a 1972 film adaptation of "Portnoy's Complaint." Lee Grant, on left, played Portnoy's mother. (Photo/JTA-Warner Brothers-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Writing after Roth: ‘Now vee may perhaps to begin’

Dan Schifrin by Dan Schifrin May 24, 2018
Philip Roth (Photo/Flickr-Wolf Gang CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inJewish Life

Philip Roth, essential American Jewish author, dead at 85

by JTA May 23, 2018
Israeli author Author Ruby Namdar will speak at Stanford University May 10. (Photo/Beowulf Sheehan)
Posted inCulture

Expat author, winner of top Israeli lit prize, to speak at Stanford

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 7, 2018
Marissa Moss (left) and Daniel Schifrin are this year's winner and runner up, respectively, of the Anne and Robert Cowan Writers Prize.
Posted inCulture

Berkeley writers win Cowan Prize for Jewish-themed works

by Patricia Corrigan April 20, 2018September 15, 2022
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 "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 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
From the cover of "Hollywood's Spies" by Laura Rosenzweig
Posted inCulture

Palo Alto author’s ‘Hollywood’s Spies’ a finalist in Jewish Book Awards

by J. Staff January 25, 2018January 25, 2018
From the cover of "Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art"
Posted inColumns

Three local authors honored by 2017 National Jewish Book Awards

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 10, 2018January 11, 2018
From the cover of "Weddings by the Glass" by Rabbi Marc Rubenstein
Posted inColumns

A rabbi of 3,000 weddings; mindful eating; parenting adult children

by J. Staff October 30, 2017

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