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Only Yesterday encapsulates richness of Jewish Toronto
Only YesterdayBy Benjamin Kayfetz and Stephen A. Speisman, Editor Bill GladstoneNow and Then Books, 205 pages, $25.00 Allen Manly Special to the Tribune Bill Gladstone...
Novel shows polarization of Israeli religious groups
It’s not easy these days, not even for talented writers of fiction, to attract a mainstream publishing house. So it was quite a feat for Beit Shemesh author Gila...
Novelist wins prize with The Innocents
(JTA) – Novelist Francesca Segal won the 2013 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish literature for her debut novel, The Innocents. Segal will receive the Jewish Book Council’s...
Author finds new book sparks silence, not discussion
OTTAWA – Dr. Neil J. Kressel, who teaches at William Paterson University and served as a visiting associate professor at the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary...
Book of fiction on Holocaust debuts
kWINNIPEG – Acclaimed Canadian writer Carol Matas, who has examined the subject of the Holocaust in 10 of her books, launched her new book Dear Canada: Pieces...















