Jonathan Rosen is an American author and editor.

Education

Rosen graduated from Yale and began graduate studies working towards a PhD in English at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He dropped out of graduate school to become a writer.[1]

Career

In 1990 he was hired by The Jewish Daily Forward to create an arts section of the paper's then newly editorially independent English language edition, a job he held for 10 years.[1] As of 2007 he was editorial director of the Nextbook.[1]

Rosen's Joy Comes in the Morning (2004) features the protagonist, Rabbi Deborah Green, who struggles with the perceptions of women rabbis. This work's inclusion of a woman rabbi is viewed as a significant development in American Jewish writings featuring women rabbis.[2]

In April 2023, Rosen published The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions, a memoir about his friendship with Michael Laudor, a Yale Law School graduate with schizophrenia who killed his fiancée in 1998 during a psychotic episode.[3] The book has received high critical acclaim.[4][5][6][3]

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Bibliography

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Harris, Ben (21 December 2007). "He's for the Birds; Jonathan Rosen weighs nature against civilization". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ^ Zierler, W. (2006). A dignitary in the land? Literary representations of the American rabbi. AJS Review, 30(2), 255-275.
  3. ^ a b The Best Minds. Penguin Books UK. April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  4. ^ Anthony, Andrew (April 16, 2023). "The Best Minds review – rich examination of madness and the way the west deals with it". the Guardian. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  5. ^ McNally, Richard J. (April 7, 2023). "'The Best Minds' Review: Brilliance and Breakdown". WSJ. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "'The Best Minds' Could Be the Best Book of the Year". The New York Sun. April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Robert (9 March 2008). "Birder of Paradise". New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  8. ^ Lyden, Jaki (24 February 2008). "Appreciating and Protecting the 'Life of the Skies'". National Public Radio. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  9. ^ Kermode, Frank (1 October 2000). "If It's Out There, It's In Here". New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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