Writing Well Outside the Outside
BY ANDREW FURMAN
Can the son of a defrocked priest and an ex-nun produce an authentic piece of Yiddishkeit?

The Great Depression
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Ten stories of vertiginous sadness!

The Short Unhappy Life of Marcus Messner
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Roth disappoints Professor Pinsker.

The Jazz Player
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Louis Greenberg: pianist, con artist, Good Jewish Boy.

A Final Roar from the Lion's Den
By BEZALEL STERN
Achtung! Agnon's post-WWI I opus is now available in English.

Lot's Daughter
By ADAM WILSON
A new novel makes heavy weather out identity, subjectivity, and meteorology.

A Book Borrowed From History
By RACHEL SOMERSTEIN
A reconsideration of E.L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel.

Stories Told on the Way to Night and Fog
By SANFORD PINSKER
Is The North of God destined to become a classic? The professor has the grades.

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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