by Wex | Apr 12, 2016 | Rhapsody in Shmaltz
The Globe and Mail has a nice excerpt from Rhapsody–and on the front page of the print edition’s Life & Arts section, yet. You can find it here.
by Wex | Apr 11, 2016 | Interviews, Rhapsody in Shmaltz
Give a listen to Kara Rota and me talking about matzoh, Rhapsody in Schmaltz and other burnt, if not quite burning, issues at Clever Cookstr’s Quick and Dirty Tips.
by Wex | Apr 8, 2016 | Rhapsody in Shmaltz
Someone slipped Ted Cruz an advance copy of Rhapsody in Schmaltz and looked what happened. It’s a book that changes lives. Now he deserves to eat kreplekh (see pp. 180-81).
by Wex | Apr 7, 2016 | Reviews, Rhapsody in Shmaltz
The ultimate insider-outsider discourse, laden with ancient wisdom, and the no less wise ability to poke fun of it. Jake Marmer has written a fabulous, really insightful review of Rhapsody in Schmaltz in the Chicago Tribune. You can find the review right...
by Wex | Feb 1, 2016 | Podcasts
Shane Baker, Faith Jones, Eric Klein and I: In the Footsteps of Barbra Streisand. In the first episode of the podcast we discuss “Yentl the Yeshiva Boy” by I.B. Singer: a short story about a Jewish girl who dressed as a boy, because she wanted to study....
