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Finding Deeper Truths in Fiction — the Best About Israel

Alana Newhouse September 7, 2006

One should read Israeli writers, of course — Agnon, Amichai, A.B. Yehoshua, Aharon Appelfeld, Orly Castel-Bloom, Etgar Keret. But the more appropriate template may come from fellow Americans, writers who, by exploring the Diaspora Jew\’s relationship to Israel, have gone down this road before.

Beware of Formerly Observant Writers

Amy Klein November 3, 2005

In Shalom Auslander\’s recent collection of short stories, \”Beware of God,\” God appears as many, many things, except for the Almighty, All-Knowing, Omniscient powerful Being He has traditionally been for the last however many-thousand years (depending on which religion you ask).

The Once and Future Yiddish Language

Zackary Sholem Berger January 13, 2005

Given the sentimentality of much recent writing on the subject, American Jews might be forgiven for believing that no one with a critical eye, or without

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