Jewish literature

The New York Times called Isaac Bashevis Singer a Polish writer. Here’s how Wikipedia warriors made him Jewish again.

The fight over Singer’s identity offers lessons on the pitfalls of decentralized knowledge in the era of disinformation, with some possible insights about Polish ultranationalism.

7 works of (mostly) serious fiction set at Jewish sleepaway camp

Philip Roth, Paul Auster and Herman Wouk all drew on their memories of Jewish camp.

Israeli Holocaust survivor wins literary award for 1st children’s book

The celebrated Israeli novelist Aharon Applefeld won the Sydney Taylor award for a tale on teens’ survival in Eastern Europe based on his own life.

Culture

Book on 8-year-old Warsaw Ghetto boy wins Jewish literature medal

Culture

Writer Molly Antopol wins Hadassah literary prize

Lifestyle

In Jennifer Weiner’s hit novels, it’s a (Jewish) woman’s world

Culture

Meet the new ‘Jewish Oprah’

Culture

Day 5 of Jewish American Heritage Month: Take a Philip Roth bus tour

Culture

Day 4 of Jewish American Heritage Month: Start a book club

Culture

Jewish Book Council names Sami Rohr Prize finalists

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