Arts & Letters
An interview with Charles London,
author of Far From Zion
January 26, 2010
Charles London recently took some time to answer a few questions for the New Vilna Review via email. His most recent book, Far From Zion, offers a portrait of different Jewish communities around the globe, and was a finalist for the 2009 National Jewish Book Award. His first book, One Day the Soldiers Came, dealt with issues surrounding the impact of war on youth, including child soldiers.
Editorial
Israel and Egypt at the Sea
by Daniel E. Levenson
One of the difficult issues the Jewish people have always faced is how we relate to the other nations and religions of the world. Within Judaism itself there is often a struggle between the particularistic (we have a special relationship with God, and we are his chosen people) and the universal (the God we worship is the same God who created everything and is worshipped by other people in different ways). This question of how Jews and non-Jews interact is one that has been with us since Avraham first heard the call and set out on his journey to the land that God promised him.
Poetry
Lunch in Spring
-Don Pomerantz
Rosh Hashanah
What Is Temporary?
(For Charles Guez)
-Julia Elizabeth Guez
Upstairs the Eulogy, Downstairs the Rummage Sale
-Yehoshua November
What They Used to Say
-Brain Diamond
One Night Stay
-Howie Good
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