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Authors Discuss "Writing in Jewish": Postcard From New York City

by Erika Dreifus

Postcard

On the evening of September 18, about halfway between the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a panel convened at the Museum of the City of New York to consider the idea of "Writing in Jewish." Cosponsored by the museum and the Jewish Book Council, the panel was moderated by Alana Newhouse, the arts and culture editor at the Forward, a newspaper whose 110-year history the Museum will celebrate until November 25 in an exhibition titled "The Jewish Daily Forward: Embracing an Immigrant Community."

For the Relief of Unbearable Pressure: A Profile of Nathan Englander

by Frank Bures

Feature

May/June 2007

For eight years readers have anticipated Nathan Englander’s follow-up to his wildly successful debut story collection. With the publication of The Ministry of Special Cases, the wait is over.