Read Julian's book on Climate Change and World Religions previewed in the New York Times Magazine
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Let's Schmooze: Published, Continuum, June 2007.
Julian's first book, Let's Schmooze, has been featured on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, the BBC World Service News Hour, The Times online, Radio London, Radio Cambridgeshire, the Jewish Chronicle, SomethingJewish.com.
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Read Let's Schmooze feature in the Jewish Chronicle.
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Can you tell Kol Nidre from kneidlach? Gushpankas from Gematrias? Naches from nachos? At last here is the book for you!
With the belated entry of schlepp, shalom, spiel and scores of other Hebrew and Yiddish words into the melting pot of mainstream usage, English speakers today need to know what these words mean, where they come from and how they are used.
"Let's Schmooze" fills this need and much more, tracing the trajectory of 150 Jewish words from the Bible and Talmud to Yiddish slang, yeshivish creole and youth movement patois.
Spanning a plethora of Jewish situations and subcultures, including food, magic, lifecycle events, the Joys of Yinglish, surviving synagogue and the Kabbalah craze, Let's Schmooze uses the lens of language to provide a snapshot of Jewish society and spirituality today.
"Ends of Heaven", Forthcoming.
Julian's first novel, "End's of Heaven" is an audacious story of coming of age and spiritual quest. Set mainly in 1980's Britain, it is sharply observed, hilarious, and moving.
