Dan and Lex: Judaism Unbound Episode 286 - The People of More Books
Dan and Lex like books! Very much! So much that...they want to consider what American Judaism would look like, if contemporary Jews centered reading Jewish fiction to the same extent that we center other elements of Jewish experience, like synagogue attendance. They also explore what might be different, if we understood that the seemingly mundane Jewish literature of one era is, potentially, the Jewish sacred text (Torah) of the next.
[1] For recent episodes diving into some works of Jewish fiction, with their authors, see the following: Episode 263: Purim Torah - Anna Solomon, Episode 271: Jewish Stories We Need - Aimee Lucido, Sofiya Pasternack, Episode 272: Why Jewish Fiction? - David Hirshberg, Episode 277: Trans Jewish Fiction - Leiah Moser, Episode 282: Praying with Fire - Rachel Sharona Lewis, Episode 283: Planet of the Jews - Phil Graubart
[2] To learn more about contemporary Jewish literature, head to JewishBookCouncil.org.
[3] Dan mentions his work as translator for the English edition of The Secret Book of Kings. Learn more about that book by heading to SecretBookOfKings.com, and/or by listening to Episode 28: The Secret Book of Kings - Dan Libenson.
[4] Lex alludes to a previous conversation Dan and Lex had about redefining what we mean by “Torah.” Listen in here: Episode 259: Bernie Memes are Torah - Dan and Lex.