Jordan Michael Smith
By Jordan Michael Smith
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News Talking About Writing About Books
At time when newspapers, magazines and journals are experiencing a crisis unprecedented in the history of print, launching a new publication devoted to Jewish issues is either a fool’s errand or a bold attempt to revive the minds of American Jews using some old-fashioned intellectual journalism. Abraham Socher is the editor of The Jewish Review…
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News A Jewish Journal of Ideas Is Born
Barring snowstorm-induced printing delays, during the week of February 15, mailboxes across the country will receive the launch issue of The Jewish Review of Books, a new print journal. A quarterly magazine devoted to Jewish literary and political affairs, the JRB boasts heavy hitters on its editorial board, such as Michael Walzer, Leon Wieseltier and…
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