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Jewish Online Resources 11/17/23

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

The Yiddish Book Center will offer the virtual course “Confessions of a Yiddish…

Off the Shelf: Novellas and short stories

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

Sometimes an idea for a review doesn’t work out the way I planned. For example, I decided to discuss “Inside Information” by Eshkol Nevo (Other Press) and “The House of Love and Prayer and other stories” by Tova Reich (Seven Stories Press) in one review be…

Off the Shelf: Russian absurdity and Jewish dissents

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

When reading the opening pages of Paul Goldberg’s first novel “The Yid,” I groaned because it seemed clear it was going to be so depressing. Instead, it turned into a crazy, joyous, wonderful ride. I wasn’t the only person to love the book: it was a finalis…

Jewish Online Resources 11/3/23

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

The Jewish Theological Seminary will offer two virtual programs in its Between th…

Celebrating Jewish Literature: Red Jews in German and Yiddish culture

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

I find the development of cultural ideas fascinating, which is one of the reasons I asked for a review copy of “Sons of Saviors: The Red Jews in Yiddish Culture” by Rebekka Voß (University of Pennsylvania Press). The other is that I’d never before heard the t…