Bare-faced humor

Bare-faced humor: review of Alan Zweibel’s non-fiction collection Clothing Optional The Jerusalem Post, October 31, 2008 Clothing Optional and Other Ways to Read These Stories is the latest effort by award-winning comedy writer Alan Zweibel. This imaginative collection includes a wide range of forms – from a mock court deposition, to essays, to scripts, with …

Fugee Fridays

Fugee Fridays The Jerusalem Post, October 24, 2008 It’s almost Shabbat and Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market is slowly closing up. Stalls are clapped shut, the walkways are sprayed with water, and the last of the customers are clearing out, passing by mounds of unsold lettuce that have been dumped on the ground. Behind the shuk, …

From sunny Tel Aviv to cloudy Michigan

From sunny Tel Aviv to cloudy Michigan: review of Danit Brown’s collection of short stories Ask for a Convertible The Jerusalem Post, October 24, 2008 Danit Brown’s debut, Ask for a Convertible, is a collection of beautifully woven short stories, most of which revolve around Osnat Greenberg, who is both American and Israeli and comfortable …