Dov Haller | Imamother

STR331

Wed, Aug 07 2019, 5:01 pm

[size=12]hi I am a big fan of dog hallers books.. I read rapport 55 and a promising past, im going to order sundays @10 but than after that theres no more novels, does anyone know of any novels that are similar to dov hallers writings? need suggestions b/c I never really liked to read and need something very intresting [/size]

PinkFridge

Wed, Aug 07 2019, 5:10 pm

You might like
- Yael Mermelstein - Second Chances
- E. G. Schwartz - Shortchanged

You know, I'm blanking out. I'm sure there are a few more I can think of, just not at this moment.

amother

Emerald

Wed, Aug 07 2019, 5:19 pm

STR331 wrote:

There are a couple of more titles:
https://www.artscroll.com/Item.....=AtoZ
And, I don't think there are too many more authors like him.

EG Shcwartz (as Pink Fridge suggested) is great, but totally different style. If you don't like to read you might not like her style.

PinkFridge

Wed, Aug 07 2019, 5:21 pm

amother [ Emerald ] wrote:

The closest I could get to "If you like x then you might like y."

amother

Linen

Thu, Aug 08 2019, 2:09 am

Every time I read something by Dov Haller I'm impressed by his writing all over again...there was a "Calligraphy" short story a while ago about a Rav enforcing takanos that was soooo well thought-out!

Hashem_Yaazor

Thu, Aug 08 2019, 9:58 pm

I may be wrong, but it likely is included in the Captive Audience collection, because I remember re-reading it. But then again, I may have found the Calligraphy lying around and re-read it there Smile

Amelia Bedelia

Thu, Aug 08 2019, 11:09 pm

amother [ Amber ] wrote:

Yup. Verified by a fellow writer (that's me LOL

)

Off topic, and I hope it's ok if I ask in a public forum, but can you verify if Rachel Berger is Dina Neuman? (And is it you? Wink

)I've been suspecting that for a while.

amother

Amber

Thu, Aug 08 2019, 11:11 pm

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

Off topic, and I hope it's ok if I ask in a public forum, but can you verify if Rachel Berger is Dina Neuman? (And is it you? Wink

)I've been suspecting that for a while.

That's not me, but she's on here Wink

And I have no idea, sorry!

cnc

Thu, Aug 08 2019, 11:11 pm

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

Off topic, and I hope it's ok if I ask in a public forum, but can you verify if Rachel Berger is Dina Neuman? (And is it you? Wink

)I've been suspecting that for a while.

Who’s Rachel Berger?

Amelia Bedelia

Thu, Aug 08 2019, 11:56 pm

cnc wrote:

Who’s Rachel Berger?

She's a short story and serial writer in the Aim. She also wrote this:
All Fall Down https://smile.amazon.com/dp/16.....YHRQ.

amother

Magenta

Tue, Aug 27 2019, 11:36 am

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

Off topic, and I hope it's ok if I ask in a public forum, but can you verify if Rachel Berger is Dina Neuman? (And is it you? Wink

)I've been suspecting that for a while.

Yes she is. Do you realize how many articles she puts out a week? in aim too...

amother

Blue

Tue, Aug 27 2019, 12:45 pm

amother [ Magenta ] wrote:

Yes she is. Do you realize how many articles she puts out a week? in aim too...

It's actually crazy, she puts out so much on a weekly basis, I don't know how she gets it all done!

amother

Peach

Tue, Aug 27 2019, 1:05 pm

amother [ Lemon ] wrote:

I believe Dov Haller is pseudonym for Yisroel Besser...

Yes, it is. I was in Montreal once for a wedding and shmoozing with Besser's neighbor when she mentioned something about him being Dov Haller. I was so shocked and she was so surprised that I didn't know. She said she thought it's common knowledge. I guess it's common knowledge in his neighborhood...

I guess he didn't want to use the same name for his biographies and other serious works, and his novels. Sort of like how Rabbi Moshe Grylak uses the name Chaim Eliav for his novels. And while Yair Weinstock uses his own name for all his books in English, in Hebrew his novels are under M. Arbel.

But I don't get why Dina Neuman would use a pseudonym. So that people shouldn't see how much of the Ami she writes? (Dina are you on here?)

PinkFridge

Tue, Aug 27 2019, 3:21 pm

Peach, I'm not going to quote your post. I assume all your insider info is public knowledge? Apparently the Dov Haller thing is, and Rabbi Grylak himself has mentioned that. But what about the other authors?

amother

Seashell

Tue, Aug 27 2019, 3:26 pm

Dina Neuman is on this site occasionally. She has posted under her username about her book, Walled Secrets.

I've heard that she has multiple pseudonyms in the Ami. I hope they pay her really well because she is the only good thing about their magazine!

(Another fact: Yaffa Palti is Dina Neuman's sister!)