Great Jewish Books Lecture Series Archive

Family Secrets and the Graphic Novel: Rutu Modan’s The Property and Nora Krug’s Belonging with Tahneer Oksman

In this talk, Tahneer Oksman explores two graphic novels, each of which grapples with questions of how to address the past, including untold--and often unknown--histories.

Magical Thinking: Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel, The Magician of Lublin with Anita Norich

In this talk, Professor Anita Norich explores the questions posed in Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel The Magician of Lublin about sin, evil, faith, and the choices available to Jews living in the modern world.

Jews, Art, and Inequality: Lee Conell's The Party Upstairs with Josh Lambert

In this talk, Josh Lambert explores Lee Conell's novel The Party Upstairs.

Talking Across Time: A Conversation Between Three Great Jewish Women Poets with Zohar Weiman-Kelman

In this talk, Zohar Weiman-Kelman considers lines connecting three different poets: Emma Lazarus, Anna Margolin, and Irena Klepfisz.