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Writers’ Block: Responding To Critiques From Philip Roth And Michael Chabon

An award-winning Jewish author, addressing a distinguished academic gathering, speaks out boldly against the sacred cows of the community. Praised by some for his sharp critique, he is blasted by others for his intemperate remarks, creating a stir in the community. In 1962, it was a young Philip Roth at Yeshiva University in an incident […]

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Philip Roth Won’t Be Having A Jewish Funeral

NEW YORK (JTA) — Philip Roth forbade any Jewish rituals from being performed at his funeral. The prolific Jewish-American author, who died on Tuesday at the age of 85, will be buried on Monday at the Bard College Cemetery, his biographer, Blake Bailey, told JTA. Roth had originally looked into being buried next to his parents at […]

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