Jonathan Rosen

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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]

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Career

In 1990 Rosen was hired by Seth Lipsky at The Jewish Daily Forward to create an arts section of the paper's then newly editorially independent English language edition. [2] He held the job for 10 years. [1] As of 2007, he was editorial director of Nextbook. [1]

Rosen's novel Joy Comes in the Morning (2004) features a 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. [3]

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. [4] The book was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize [5] and has received high critical acclaim. [6] [7] [8] [4]

In August 2024, Rosen was hired as an editor with The Free Press . [9]

Personal life

He lives in Manhattan with his wife, a Conservative rabbi, and their daughters. [10]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Harris, Ben (21 December 2007). "He's for the Birds; Jonathan Rosen weighs nature against civilization". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Barringer, Felicity (2002-04-11). "Paper and Editor to Tilt At Liberal Windmills". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  3. ↑ Zierler, W. (2006). A dignitary in the land? Literary representations of the American rabbi. AJS Review, 30(2), 255-275.
  4. 1 2 The Best Minds. Penguin Books UK. April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Pulitzer Prizes: Memoir or Autobiography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ McNally, Richard J. (April 7, 2023). "'The Best Minds' Review: Brilliance and Breakdown". WSJ. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ "'The Best Minds' Could Be the Best Book of the Year". The New York Sun. April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  9. ↑ Weiss, Bari. "A Note from Our Newsroom". www.thefp.com (Press release). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  10. ↑ Ulin, David (2000-09-29). "Discovering the Symmetry of the Talmud and Internet". The Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  11. ↑ Sullivan, Robert (9 March 2008). "Birder of Paradise". New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Lyden, Jaki (24 February 2008). "Appreciating and Protecting the 'Life of the Skies'". National Public Radio. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  13. ↑ 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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