Aaron Hamburger

Aaron Hamburger was awarded the Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome for his short story collection The View from Stalin's Head, published by Random House in March of 2004. His next book, a novel titled Faith for Beginners, was published (also by Random House) in October 2005 and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, Poets and Writers, Details, Nerve, Time Out, and the Forward. He has won a fellowship from the Edward F. Albee Foundtion and first prize in the David J. Dornstein Contest for Young Jewish Writers. Currently he teaches at Columbia University.

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Why Older Jews Have a Problem with Barack Obama

Barack Obama has been the subject of some serious rumblings among Jews lately, so much…

My Crush On Catholicism

Recently a lapsed Catholic friend confessed a serious case of religion envy—for the religion I…

Scrap the Mechitza

Two of my brothers recently started attending Orthodox synagogues where mechitzas divide men from women,…