Book review: The Flight Portfolio, by Julie Orringer
Reviewed by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Since we are well into a pandemic that screams for literary diversion, this is a good time for a…
Literature
Jewish Edmonton Stories Online project seeks participants
By Paula Kirman (AJNews) – Jewish Edmonton Stories Online, a project for Jewish and non-Jewish Edmontonians alike to learn and connect with the stories and…
From llamas to a Jewish superhero, these 8 children’s books bring new characters into the Hanukkah story
by (Penny Schwartz) (JTA) — Move over, Maccabees. This season’s crop of seven new Hanukkah books for kids puts the spotlight on new heroes, from playful…
Roald Dahl’s family apologizes ‘for the lasting and understandable hurt’ caused by his anti-Semitism
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Thirty years after Roald Dahl’s death and months before the expected release of a new movie about his life, the…
U of L prof wins national Jewish literary award
by Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – A University of Lethbridge literature professor has won a national Jewish literary award for a translation of her late mother’s…