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‘The Lost Shtetl’ and ‘The Orchard’: 2 new novels of Jewish culture shock

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 20, 2020November 23, 2020
Harold Bloom spoke with the Yiddish Book Center weeks before his death. (Photo/Yiddish Book Center)
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Harold Bloom dreamed in Yiddish

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 17, 2019
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Robert Alter’s epic, literary one-man Bible

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Three newly translated works are a blast from the past

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 9, 2018August 20, 2018
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Three new novels — unusual takes on life in Israel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 7, 2017
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Authors offer differing perspectives on the history of Israel

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