Re: [ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"

2024-01-09 Thread Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran
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Re: [ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"

2024-01-09 Thread Joel Bresler via Hasafran
Cc: 'Hasafran' Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" Rebecca, thank you so much! I am sure others will find these links as useful and on point as I did. The author has mentioned that the character of Chona was modeled on his grandmo

Re: [ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"

2024-01-06 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran
Dear colleagues, I’m interested in replies too. Shabbat Shalom, Amalia W. Sent from my iPad On Jan 5, 2024, at 10: 44 AM, Joel Bresler via Hasafran wrote:  Hello, can anyone suggest reviews or commentary with Dear colleagues,I’m interested in replies too.Shabbat Shalom,Amalia W.Sent

Re: [ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"

2024-01-06 Thread Joel Bresler via Hasafran
ran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" Joel, Here's a few links I found https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forward.com/culture/558395/james-mcbride-heaven-and-earth-

Re: [ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"

2024-01-05 Thread Rebecca Levitan via Hasafran
Joel, Here's a few links I found https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forward.com/culture/558395/james-mcbride-heaven-and-earth-grocery-store/__;!!KGKeukY!zvDT0ZysXFsQrHhlpaqs9c1faqc9inyuhHEsdZuALf1_34qgXdBaYF84eJTCOnobph-JNxnG85pEolYIqSaH1Q$

[ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"

2024-01-05 Thread Joel Bresler via Hasafran
Hello, can anyone suggest reviews or commentary with a Jewish lens or from a Jewish perspective on James McBride's novel, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"? FWIW, it's been named a best book of the year by NPR/Fresh Air, Washington Post, The New Yorker, and Time Magazine. Also one of Barack Obama's