Scribblers on the Roof
Monday evenings, 8pm. $5 suggested contribution.
Join us on the Ansche Chesed roof to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work. Beverages, snacks and books are available for purchase. If it rains, come anyway. We have a perfect indoor space.
Full Lineup:
June 17Franklin 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 | June 24Anita Norich, Desires
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July 1Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
| July 8Owen Lewis, Knock-knock |
July 15Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves | July 22Iddo Gefen, Jerusalem Beach
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July 29Benjamin Resnick, Next Stop |
June 17
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 Age of American Jews is Ending,” and his bestselling book, The Last Politician Inside Joe Biden’s White House and the Struggle for America’s Future (2023). Foer is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the former editor of The New Republic.
In conversation with Judith Shulevitz.
June 24
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 to write in Yiddish,” according to Irving Howe. Norich is a professor emerita of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan.
In conversation with Judith Shulevitz.
July 1
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 so, I’m in trouble”– Susan Orlean.
In conversation with Lauren Wein.
July 8
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-knock (2024). Prizes include the 2023 Guernsey International Poetry Prize, the 2023 Rumi Prize for Poetry, and the International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine. At Columbia University he is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and teaches Narrative Medicine.
CARLIE HOFFMAN is the author of When There Was Light (2023) and This Alaska (2021), winner of the NCPA Gold Award in poetry and a finalist for the Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award. She is the translator of Weiße Schatten / White Shadows: Anneliese Hager (Atelier Éditions, 2023). Carlie’s honors include the 92Y “Discovery” / Boston Review poetry prize and a Poets & Writers Amy Award. Publications include work in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Kenyon Review, Boston Review, New England Review, and Jewish Currents. Carlie edits Small Orange Journal and is a Lecturer of Creative Writing at Purchase College-SUNY.
In conversation with Sheila Lewis.
July 15
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 work of historical fiction”–the Associated Press. Lauren Grodstein’s other novels include A Friend of the Family and The Explanation for Everything.
In conversation with Sheila Lewis.
July 22
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 to seek and find humanity and tenderness at the least predictable places”–Etgar Keret.
In conversation with Judith Shulevitz
July 29
Benjamin Resnick
Next Stop
BENJAMIN RESNICK on his forthcoming novel Next Stop (2024), in which a black hole swallows Israel and an outbreak of antisemitism ensues. “Uncanny, riveting, and strangely prescient” –Elisa Albert. In addition to being a novelist, Resnick is the rabbi of the Pelham Jewish Center in Westchester.
In conversation with Lauren Wein.
