"I don't want a niche – I want an empire!" – Michael Wex, Globe and Mail
We've just added the Autumn dates for Wex's book tour of How to Be a Mentsh care of the Jewish Book Council.
If you're in Florida, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland or Nevada this is good news for you! Wex has added eight dates to his Fall tour and he will be coming to a Jewish Book Fair near you!
Other events are taking place care of our publisher - make sure you visit the events page of the... Read more here
If this trend continues, I could be the next Mayor.
Sam Roberts at the New York Times contacted me and asked me to comment on the war of (Yiddish) words between Mayor Bloomberg and State Senator Hiram Monserrate over New York City's school system.
Here is the link to the article in the New York Times: Yiddish Resurfaces as City’s 2nd Political Language
Today the Times. Next the Congressional... Read more here
Yes, I've finally convinced Wex to have a blog.
But don't worry - all your old favourites will still be here - they'll just look a bit spankier, that's all.
I will gradually be shifting all the old content over to this new site and the old newsletter will be replaced by updates via our RSS feed and email subscriptions. (And if that all sounds Greek to you, don't worry - just put your email address in the... Read more here
At the beginning of November 2007 Wex gave a lecture at the San Francisco Jewish Book Fair based on his book Just Say Nu.
Joe Eskenazi (who reviewed Born to Kvetch for J Weekly and described Wex as "stunningly, uproariously, laugh-out-loud- and-make-everyone-on-the-train-think-you’re-a-lunatic funny") describes Wex's take on life.
“People say ‘Oh, Yiddish is obsessed with food. Well, Yiddish is not... Read more here
