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List Of Jewish American Writers
This is an alphabetical, referenced list of notable Jewish American authors. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews. Authors * Renata Adler, journalist, critic and novelist. * Warren Adler, novelist and short story writer, known for '' The War of the Roses'' * Mary Antin, memoirist, author of '' The Promised Land'' * Molly Antopol, short story writer, 2014 National Book Award nominee * Jacob M. Appel, novelist (''The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up'') and short story writer (''Einstein's Beach House'') * Max Apple, novelist and short story writer * Sholem Asch, novelist, essayist and playwright * Isaac Asimov, novelist, short story writer and prolific author of nonfiction, known for his science fiction works about robots and for writing books in nine of the ten categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification * Shalom Auslander, novelist * Paul Auster, novelist * Dorothy Walter Baruch, author and child psychologist * Jonathan Baumbach * Saul Bellow, novelist and win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Americans
American Jews (; ) or Jewish Americans are Americans, American citizens who are Jews, Jewish, whether by Jewish culture, culture, ethnicity, or Judaism, religion. According to a 2020 poll conducted by Pew Research, approximately two thirds of American Jews identify as Ashkenazi, 3% identify as Sephardic, and 1% identify as Mizrahi Jews, Mizrahi. An additional 6% identify as some combination of the three categories, and 25% do not identify as any particular category. During the colonial era, Sephardic Jews who arrived via Portugal and via Brazil (Dutch Brazil) – see Congregation Shearith Israel – represented the bulk of America's then small Jewish population. While their descendants are a minority nowadays, they represent the remainder of those original American Jews along with an array of other Jewish communities, including more recent Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Beta Israel, Beta Israel-Ethiopian Jews, Jewish ethnic divisions, various other Jewish ethnic groups, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Walter Baruch
Dorothy Walter Baruch (August 5, 1899 – September 4, 1962) was an American psychologist and children's book author. She studied children's language acquisition and wrote about childhood development whilst also supplying fiction for children. Life Baruch was born in San Francisco to Clarence and Rosalie ( Neustadter) Walter. From 1917 to 1919, she attended Bryn Mawr College, and from 1919 to 1920 she attended the University of Southern California. She went on to attend Whittier College, and earned a M.E. in 1931. She received a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University in 1937. She was the first person to receive a doctoral degree from Claremont College. In 1919 she married Herbert Baruch, of the Herbert M. Baruch Corporation, and they had two children, Herbert & Nancy. They divorced, and, in 1946, she married Dr. Hyman Miller. In 1962, Dorothy Baruch died in Los Angeles, aged 63. Career Baruch was the founder and director the Grammercy Cooperative Nursery School, and also did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosher Jesus
''Kosher Jesus'' (2012) is a book by the Orthodox Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, focusing on the relationship between Christianity and Judaism. The book examines the rabbinic origins of the teachings of Jesus within the context of Second Temple Judaism in the 1st century and the New Testament, and compares scholarly views on the historical figure of Jesus with the theological ideals expressed by the Jewish writers of early rabbinic literature. The book argues that Jesus was a wise and learned Torah-observant Jewish rabbi. It says he was a beloved member of the Jewish community. At the same time, Jesus is said to have despised the Romans for their cruelty, and fought them courageously. The book states that the Jews had nothing whatsoever to do with the murder of Jesus, but rather that blame for his trial and killing lies with the Romans and Pontius Pilate. Boteach states clearly that he does not believe in Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. At the same time, Boteach argues that "Jews have much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shmuley Boteach
Jacob Shmuel Boteach (born November 19, 1966), known as Shmuley Boteach, is an American Jewish rabbi, author, and media host. He is the author of 31 books, including the best-seller ''Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy'' (1999) and '' Kosher Jesus'' (2012). He hosted two seasons of the reality television series '' Shalom in the Home'' on TLC. ''Newsweek'' named him one of the 10 most influential rabbis in the United States, and '' The Jerusalem Post'' named him one of the fifty most influential rabbis in the world. Early and personal life Boteach was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest of five children. He also spent part of his early years in Miami, Florida. His father (1932–2020) was an Iranian Jew who left Isfahan with his family of 13 to settle in Israel. His mother Eleanor (1942–2023) was an American Ashkenazi Jew who met his father in Beersheba, Israel, where she was visiting as a tourist. Shortly after their marriage, the couple relocated w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Blume
Judith Blume (née Sussman; born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult, and adult fiction. Blume began writing in 1959 and has published more than 26 novels. Among her best-known works are '' Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.'' (1970), '' Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing'' (1972), '' Deenie'' (1973), and ''Blubber'' (1974). Blume's books have significantly contributed to children's and young adult literature. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by ''Time'' magazine in 2023. Blume was born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and graduated from New York University in 1961. As an attempt to entertain herself in her role as a homemaker, Blume began writing stories."Judy Blume (1938–)." The American Women's Almanac: 500 Years of Making History', Deborah G. Felder, Visible Ink Press, 1st edition, 2020. Accessed 10 December 2020. Blume was one of the first young adult authors to write novels focused on such controversial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world". After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995. Bloom was a defender of the traditional Western canon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "School of Resentment" (which included multiculturalism, feminism, and Marxism). He was educated at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University. Early life and education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice James Award
The Alice James Award, formerly the Beatrice Hawley Award, is given annually by Alice James Books. The award includes publication of a book-length poetry manuscript and a cash prize (currently $2,000). The award was established by the press in 1986 to honor cooperative member author Beatrice Hawley (''Making the House Fall Down,'' 1977) who died in 1985 at forty-one years of age from lung cancer. The Award was renamed, like its sponsoring publisher, after Alice James "whose extraordinary gift for writing went unrecognized in her lifetime." The Award is a nationally-offered publication prize open to poets at any stage of their careers. The first award recipient was Linnea Johnson, for ''The Chicago Home.'' Winners of the award have often gone on to receive national attention and further honors for their winning works, most notably, Brian Turner for ''Here, Bullet,'' which received national and international media attention. Turner also received numerous further awards and honors for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosebud Ben-Oni
Rosebud Ben-oni is a Latina-Jewish American poet and writer known for her "Poet Wrestling with" series. Her 2021 work ''If This Is the Age We End Discovery'' won the Alice James Award and was a Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Poetry. Her poetry and lyrical essays have been commissioned by Paramount, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC. Life Ben-Oni graduated from New York University. She was a Rackham Merit Fellow at the University of Michigan. She has received literature fellowships and grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, CantoMundo, Café Royal Cultural Foundation, City Artists Corps and Queens Council on the Arts. In May 2022, Paramount commissioned her video essay “My Judaism is a Wild unPlace" for a campaign for Jewish Heritage Month, which appeared on Paramount Network, MTV Networks, The Smithsonian Channel, VH1 and many others''.'' Her poem "Dancing with Kiko on the Moon" was featured on Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Bender
Aimee Bender (born June 28, 1969) is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her surreal stories and characters. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Biography Born to a American Jews, Jewish family, Bender received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at San Diego, and a Master of Fine Arts from the creative writing MFA program at University of California at Irvine. While at UCI she studied with Judith Grossman and Geoffrey Wolff. She received ArtsBridge scholarships and worked with mentor Keith Fowler to create writing programs for K-12 students in Orange County, California. She currently teaches creative writing at the University of Southern California where she served as Director of the USC PhD in Creative Writing & Literature from 2012 to 2015. In the past, she taught a class in surrealist writing at the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Extension Writers' Program and was a senior artist at the non-profit theater worksho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Medal Of Arts
The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and Patronage, patrons of the arts. A prestigious American honor, it is the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. Nominations are submitted to the National Council on the Arts, the advisory committee of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), who then submits its recommendations to the White House for the President of the United States to award. The medal was designed for the NEA by sculptor Robert Graham (sculptor), Robert Graham. Laureates In 1983, prior to the official establishment of the National Medal of Arts, through the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, President Ronald Reagan awarded a medal to artists and arts patrons. Recipients of the National Medal of Arts The National Medal of Arts was first awarded in 1985. The ceremony was not held in 2021 or 2022 due to the COVID-19 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Prize In Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original ). Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy, the award is based on an author's body of work as a whole. The Swedish Academy decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize. The academy announces the name of the laureate in early October. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895. Literature is traditionally the final award presented at the Nobel Prize ceremony. On some occasions, the award has been postponed to the following year, most recently in 2018. Background Alfred Nobel stipulated in his last will and testament that his money be used to create a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
