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Curt Leviant

Curt Leviant’s most recent two novels are Kafka’s Son and Katz or Cats, or How Jesus Became My Rival in Love.

  • Miniature of the Israelites building the Egyptian cities, from a Hispano-Moresque Haggadah
    Miniature of the Israelites building the Egyptian cities, from a Hispano-Moresque Haggadah
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    Was Slavery in Egypt So Bad?

    It’s tempting to draw parallels to American slavery, but the Bible paints a very different picture

    byCurt Leviant
  • The return of Christopher Columbus from India, illustration from 'General History of the Indies,' by Francisco Lopez de Gomara (1554), Antilles, 16th century. Note the words ‘los reyes catolicos,’ which Ha-Kohen censored in his translation, opting instead to use ‘monarchs,’ ‘rulers,’ or just ‘kings.’
    The return of Christopher Columbus from India, illustration from 'General History of the Indies,' by Francisco Lopez de Gomara (1554), Antilles, 16th century. Note the words ‘los reyes catolicos,’ which Ha-Kohen censored in his translation, opting instead to use ‘monarchs,’ ‘rulers,’ or just ‘kings.’
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    The Men Who Gave What Wasn’t Theirs

    A translation of colonial Spanish history into biblical Hebrew shows the trauma of 1492 through Jewish eyes

    byCurt Leviant
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    A Hanukkah Tale From Old Russia

    A mysterious czarist soldier tries to persuade his community he’s Jewish

    byCurt Leviant
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