Scribblers on the Roof: “The Best Minds” by Jonathan Rosen

Jonathan Rosen is the author of two novels and three works of non-fiction, including the recently published The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness and the Tragedy of Good Intentions, which The New York Times called “Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” He is also the author of The Talmud and the Internet: A Journey Between Worlds and The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature, and the novels Eve’s Appleand Joy Comes in the Morning. He created and edited the culture section of The Forward, and the Jewish Encounters Book Series, published by Nextbook/Schocken. His essays and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including the Atlantic, Audubon, The New Yorker and The New York Times.