"His books have not just been good for the Jews; they have been great." – Joel Yanofsky, Literary Review of Canada
...albeit a virtual one.
It's long been our hope that How to Be a Mentsh would end up being discussed in the various flavours of synagogue across the English-speaking world (no translations have been commissioned as yet). And now it's happened.
Rabbi Mark Fasman of the Shaare Zedek Synagogue of St. Louis, MO references the book in his January edition of "Message from the Rabbi" which discusses the three... Read more here
Michael Wex and Henry Sapoznik ham it up (if you'll pardon the expression) at Di Hoo-Ha
The entire Wex family just returned from another great week at Klezkamp.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Yiddish Cultural event which takes place near Kerhonkson in upstate New York.
It was truly a vintage year - registrations were up, the dress-up ball Di Hoo-Ha was a massive success and Mrs. Wex had... Read more here
On Tuesday 24th November Michael Wex gave a talk to the Toronto Reading Series about his writing process.
He was the third of three authors (the others being Ian Brown talking about his book The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son and Catherine Gildiner with After the Falls) talking about what brought them to write their books and how they went about... Read more here
