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Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. This week we welcome Judy Katz, author of How News Travels. See our full Scribblers lineup and learn more about our authors.   How News Travels Judy Katz Judy Katz’s debut poetry collection, How News Travels, was selected as the winner of the 2021 Gerald Cable Book…

Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. This week we welcome Jonathan Rosen, author of The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions. See our full Scribblers lineup and learn more about our authors.   The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of…

Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. See our full Scribblers lineup and learn more about our authors. This Week: Franklin Foer “The Golden Age of American Jews is Ending” and The Last Politician Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future FRANKLIN FOER on his Atlantic cover story, “The Golden…

Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. See our full Scribblers lineup and learn more about our authors. This Week: Anita Norich Desires (translator) Yiddish-literature scholar and translator ANITA NORICH on her translation of Desires by modernist poet Celia Dropkin and on the works of Israel Joshua Singer, “one of the few genuine novelists…

Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. See our full Scribblers lineup and learn more about our authors. This Week: Sloane Crosley Grief is for People Novelist and essayist SLOANE CROSLEY on her bestselling memoir Grief Is for People (2024). “Is it wrong to say that a memoir about loss and grieving is fun to read? If…

Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. See our full Scribblers lineup and learn more about our authors. This Week: Owen Lewis and Carlie Hoffman Prize-winning poet CARLIE HOFFMAN and poet OWEN LEWIS will read from their works. OWEN LEWIS is the author of two chapbooks and four poetry collections, most recently, Knock…

Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. See our full Scribblers lineup and learn more about our authors. This Week:   Lauren Grodstein We Must Not Think of Ourselves LAUREN GRODSTEIN on her novel We Must Not Think of Ourselves (2023), based on the story of the Warsaw Ghetto’s Oneg Shabbat. “An extraordinary…

Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. See our full Scribblers lineup and learn more about our authors. This Week: Iddo Gefen Jerusalem Beach Israeli writer Iddo Gefen on his debut collection of stories, Jerusalem Beach, which won the Sami Rohr Prize in 2023. “A series of original and … truly inspiring attempts…