Article Archive

Ruth Behar’s Adio Kerida

Question: Is there such thing as a Great Latin American Jewish Author (GLAJA)? To qualify, the author we’re seeking must be: (a) known for fiction (b) identifiably Latin American both in real life and in fiction (c) explicitly Jewish in fictional focus though not necessarily in personal practice and (d) able to blow our minds…

Zadie Smith’s The Autograph Man

Sherine Salameh’s “Wedding in Ramallah”

Gabriel Brownstein’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, apt. 3W

YIDcore plays the punk scene

Feud Tears at Delicate Membrane of Moheling Community

Michael B. Oren’s Six Days of War

A wartime Jewish refuge in a Chinese redlight district

Puff, puff, give!, Privileged Jew Proclaims Hard Knock Life

Gary Shteyngart’s The Russian Debutante’s Handbook

African and Western music meet\xe2\x80\xa6in Tel Aviv

A documentary sheds light on the hardships and faith of Orthodox Jewish homosexuals

A Hasidic Tale: The Rabbi of the Trees

Two Chinese-American writers use the prism of Jewishness to explore identity