Episode 01: Benjamin Resnick
On the Enduring Precariousness of Jewish Life
Benjamin Resnick’s Five Books:
Maus by Art Speigelman
The Tevye Stories by Sholem Aleichem
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick
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Hosted by Tali Rosenblatt Cohen
Produced by Odelia Rubin
Artwork by Dena Friedman
Music by Dov Rosenblatt and Blue Dot Sessions.
Benjamin Resnick’s debut novel, Next Stop, is a work of speculative fiction that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life through the lens of one family. After a black hole consumes the State of Israel, similar strange events occur in cities around the world, ushering in a time of chaos as well as miracles. (Simon and Schuster) Benjamin Resnick is the rabbi of the Pelham Jewish Center in New York.
Our wide ranging and thought-provoking conversation touches on the recurring appearance of false messiahs, Hebrew as the enduring language of Jews, and Jewish joy even in times of trauma.
Relevant Links:
Satan in Goray by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Cooking Pot on display at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
