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From the cover of "The Passenger" by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
Posted inOff the Shelf

Looking back on Nazi era in newly reissued novels from 1930s

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 13, 2021July 13, 2021
A statue of Stalin stands out on an abstract background of blue and pink.
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Jewish writers with Soviet roots have deep stories to tell

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
The cover features a bright illustration of the author, a young man with Asian features, with a yellow button shirt on, unbuttoned all the way down. he is surrounded by flowers and wearing a star of david necklace. a sign floating near him reads "Deaf AF"
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For your summer reading list: New Jewish books, authors and themes

by Emily Burack and JTA June 11, 2021June 11, 2021
Joshua Henkin is the author of "Morningside Heights." (Photo/Michael Lionstar)
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Author of ‘Morningside Heights,’ new novel about a N.Y. family, found his voice in Bay Area

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 9, 2021June 9, 2021
Rebecca Handler's first novel is "Edie Richter is Not Alone." (Photo/Kristen Sard)
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Rebecca Handler grieved for her father by writing a novel — and swimming in the bay

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett June 3, 2021June 9, 2021
Two images. Left: Photo of a smiling woman with East Asian features in a denim jacket. Right: cover art for her novel, which featues a lavish illustration of a sailing ship on a turbulent sea.
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Otherness meets expansive imagination in local author’s books for young readers

Rebecca Landau by Rebecca Landau May 20, 2021July 9, 2021
From the cover of "Antiquities" by Cynthia Ozick.
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Dwell in the past with 2 new books, including Cynthia Ozick’s latest

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 12, 2021June 9, 2021
Detail from the cover of “The Slaughterman’s Daughter” by Yaniv Iczkovits.
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Jewish literature takes a turn toward adventure in two recent novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 19, 2021March 31, 2021
Author Emma Wolf's novel "Heirs of Yesterday" is in print once more with a new edition.
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Early S.F. author Emma Wolf, ‘mother of American Jewish fiction,’ gets a new reprint 120 years later

by Liz Harris February 28, 2021February 28, 2021
a green background with small sketches of trees all over -- and in a clearing, the title in yellow type.
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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

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