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Detail of the cover of "Long Island Compromise" by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. (Random House)
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Must Jews be defined by trauma? New novel offers a surprising answer

Mira Fox by Mira Fox July 10, 2024July 10, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Surely, here in 2024, decades after the Holocaust and […]

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
Brenda Romero's "Train" is a board game about complicity during the Holocaust. (Photo/John McKinnon)
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A bestselling novel, a Holocaust-themed game, and accusations of ‘uncredited work’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 27, 2023March 29, 2023
Barbara Quick is the author of the novel "What Disappears."
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‘What Disappears’: Jewish twins separated as kids reunite in Bay Area author’s latest novel

Joan Gelfand by Joan Gelfand March 20, 2023March 22, 2023
Walter Mosely’s latest novel is called "Every Man a King." (Graphic/Matthew Litman-Forward; Photos/Amy Sussman-Getty Images and courtesy of Walter Mosley)
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Walter Mosley talks about his new detective novel, race, antisemitism — and his Jewish mother

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz and Forward February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
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
Judith Berlowitz is the author of "Home So Far Away," a novel inspired by an ancestor who served as a battlefield nurse in the Spanish Civil War.
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‘Home So Far Away’: Retired Mills College professor Judith Berlowitz’s novel honors battlefield nurse ancestor

by Dan Pine July 14, 2022July 20, 2022
an illustration of a tall hotel flanked by palm trees, with a dumpster in front
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Looking for a case to crack? Try these new Jewish-themed mystery novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 12, 2022July 20, 2022
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On book tour, novelist Gary Shteyngart is happy to be out of the house

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 12, 2021November 17, 2021
Sally Rooney speaks onstage during a conference in Pasadena on Jan. 17, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Erik Voake-Getty Images for Hulu)
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‘A new moment’: BDS activists cheer Sally Rooney’s boycott, Jewish groups mostly mum

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward October 13, 2021

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