by Stephen Silver | Sep 10, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Books, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts
Jewish summer camp is a crucial part of the American Jewish experience. Many Jewish adults, even in their later years, often remember the names of kids in their cabins from when they were 11 years old. More than six decades ago, one of those cabins contained a couple... read more
by Penny Schwartz | Sep 10, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
A Rosh Hashanah apple cake bake-off fit for reality TV and another installment of the “Scarlett and Sam” series from the award-winning author Eric A. Kimmel are among the highlights in the crop of new High Holiday books for children. Six engaging and fun reads for... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Aug 30, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Books, Fun, The Arts
It’s been more than three years since Ed Berlin, former owner of the Ivy Bookshop in Mount Washington, Emily Miller, the Ivy’s event coordinator, Lauren Esakoff, Jmore vice president and director of sales, and I sat down at a table at Café Hon in Hampden to discuss... read more
by Anna Lippe | Jul 15, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
The Baltimore Jewish Writers Guild is looking for a few good wordsmiths. “We are now four women and one lone man, bless him,” says longtime member Edy Bondroff. “It’s so much fun to be with people who share the love of creating a scenario on paper.”... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Jul 11, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
There are fans of Philip Roth who enjoy his books. Then, there are the fans who want to own his typewriters. The latter now have their shot: Some of the late Jewish author’s typewriters are among the 129 items from his estate going up for auction via Litchfield County... read more
by JMORE Staff | Jun 25, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
We’re avid readers here at Jmore and we really seem to take our book selections to the next level when it comes to summer reading. This year, staff members dove into a wide range of literary genres — autobiographies, historical fiction, mysteries and romance are... read more
by Jonathan Shorr | Jun 14, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
Even at a tender age, Abby Scherr says she always knew that her uncle, Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum, was a special person. “I admired Uncle Marc because I knew he was doing something important, even though I didn’t know exactly what he did,” says Scherr, a Pikesville... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | May 28, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
(JTA) — Women served as combat soldiers during Israel’s War of Independence, when the fledgling country needed all the fighters it could get. But following the 1948 war, it took half a century before they were allowed back in combat. Since the late 1990s, when some... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | May 17, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
NEW YORK (JTA) — In his most recent novel, “kaddish.com,” Nathan Englander imagines a website that a character — encumbered by Jewish guilt — uses to hire someone to say the traditional mourner’s prayer for his late father. In interviews, the author has said the idea... read more
by JTA | May 17, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
By Rachel Gordan BOSTON (JTA) — Herman Wouk, the Orthodox Jewish author whose literary career spanned nearly seven decades and who helped usher Judaism into the American mainstream, died May 17 at the age of 103. His agent confirmed the news to The Associated Press.... read more
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