June 10, 2016
—Ted Merwin
Why is it so difficult to buy gifts for men? Ted Merwin on Father’s Day gifts, masculinity, Pastrami on Rye & pastrami on ties.
September 28, 2015
—Jodi Eichler-Levine Jewish authors are tremendously popular when it comes to banned-books lists. Judy Blume, Lesléa Newman, and Anne Frank are all represented on the American Library Association’s 100 Most… READ MORE
February 19, 2015
—Frank Tuerkheimer and Michael Bazyler Elizabeth Kolbert’s article in the February 16th issue of The New Yorker, “The Last Trial” is a wonderful summary of the belated and long overdue reaction of the German legal system… READ MORE
November 13, 2014
—Ted Merwin When I was growing up on Long Island in the 1970s, school field trips meant being schlepped on a bus to the McGraw-Hill building on Sixth Avenue, to… READ MORE
January 22, 2014
NYU Press is thrilled to announce that two of our books are among the winners of the 2013 National Jewish Book Awards, selected by the Jewish Book Council! Congratulations to Hasia… READ MORE
December 13, 2013
NYU Press is proud to announce that City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, edited by Deborah Dash Moore, was selected as one of the year’s top 25… READ MORE
December 3, 2013
In Unclean Lips: Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture, Josh Lambert navigates us through American Jews’ participation in the production, distribution, and defense of sexually explicit literature, plays and comedy. From Theodore Dreiser and… READ MORE
November 27, 2013
—Dianne Ashton [This post originally appeared on the Jewish Book Council blog on November 26, 2013.] This year, Jewish Americans will participate in an extraordinary Hanukkah celebration—they will light the first menorah… READ MORE