After-School Activities
By SANFORD PINSKER
Professor Pinsker on a new novel of literary youth.



The Sad-Funny News
By BENJAMIN POLLAK
A young literary pisher responds to Pinsker’s review.



Rabbi Harvey on The Rabbi's Cat 2
By STEVE SHEINKIN
JBooks gets graphic on the rabbinate in this one-of-a-kind illustrated book review.



Not Quite White
By ANDREW FURMAN
The End of the Jews explores the slipperiness of Jewish identity.



Etgar Keret's Bargain
By JOSH LAMBERT
Keret offers 46 fictions at 25 cents a pop. It's a steal.



Massada No More?
By YARON PELEG
Some meaningful fiction from life in the IDF.



Sixty Years Late and Timely All the Same
By TODD HASAK-LOWY
Khirbet Khizeh, S. Yizhar's classic, finally makes its way into English.



Untimely Death, Without the Shiny Bow
By SARAH WEINMAN
A debut novel filled with comedy, pathos, and frozen pizza.



 

 

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