INTERVIEW
Speaking of Exile
BY KEN GORDON
A chat with the edifying and entertaining Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi.

FICTION
The Crumbs of Companionship
BY RACHEL SOMERSTEIN
How The Confessions of Noa Weber transcends the Chick Lit genre.

INTERVIEW
The Kindly Ones in America
BY BENJAMIN POLLACK
Jonathan Littell's translator has a few words for the critics.

NON-FICTION
Words and Deeds. And Needs.
BY DAVID COHEN
When social action met Jewish texts...

ESSAY
Homelessness and Displacement: Jerusalem, America, and Beyond
BY RABBI JILL JACOBS
Some serious thinking about displaced persons.

First Diasporist Manifesto
By R. B. KITAJ
Kitaj's manifesto is smart, funny, provocative, and literate. Amazing prose by a truly great artist.

FICTION
The Very Latest in Biblical Shtick
BY TAMARA MANN
Is it a good idea to make light of the Bible?

NON-FICTION
Zornberg Goes Deep
BY RABBI JILL HAMMER
Putting the Torah on the couch.

NON-FICTION
Shmuley Tries to Spice it Up. Again.
BY DAVE GORDON
Shmuley Boteach talks about The Kosher Sutra.

ESSAY
For the Love of God: Personal, Political, Paradoxical
BY ALICIA OSTRIKER
A major American poet's Bible.

ESSAY
The Motive for Translating Psalms
BY ROBERT ALTER
Some wise words on the music of translation.

FICTION
A Sustained Belief in the Unbelievable
By RACHEL SOMERSTEIN
Amos Oz's latest novel puts the writing process on display.

ESSAY
The Peculiar Case of Hebrew Literature in America
BY YARON PELEG
What's missing in translation.

FICTION
Appelfeld's Metaphoric Return
By BEZALEL STERN
Is Laish too allegorical for its own good?

ESSAY
Lowdermilk Makes the Case
By ALLIS AND RONALD RADOSH
How a bestselling book by a New Deal soil conservationist aided the Zionist cause.

ESSAY
TheHazards of Making The Case for Israel 
By ALAN DERSHOWTIZ
A classic JBooks essay from Dershowitz.

AUDIO
Helping Isaac Survive
Steve Zipperstein says some fascinating things about Isaac Rosenfeld.

NON-FICTION
The Incomplete Rosenfeld
By DONALD WEBER
A very close look the new Rosenfeld biography.

FICTION
Rabbi Harvey Reviews...
By STEVE SHEINKIN
Our cartoon clergyman on The Book of the Unknown.

ESSAY
Not Your Father's Fiction Guide
By SANFORD PINSKER
Reference books don't have to be as dry as dust.

ESSAY
Lost Classics on the Cheap
By JOSH LAMBERT
Want to learn about some great but unfairly overlooked books? Step right up!

FICTION
Bukiet's Other Side
By ANDREW FURMAN
Furman looks back at a formative text.

Jewish book news and reviews from around the web.

The many names of Moishe Nadir

Rounding out the triad of Singers

The suspiciously reliable Leiber & Stoller

Kirsch gets Stoned

Word to your father