{"title":"Joel Siegel","description":"\u003cp\u003eJOEL SIEGEL was a film critic and television personality who served as entertainment editor and film critic for ABC’s Good Morning America from 1981 until shortly before his death, reviewing films for WABC-TV in New York for 31 years. He was the author of \u003cem\u003eLessons for Dylan: From Father to Son\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiegel won five New York Emmy Awards and received a Tony Award nomination. He graduated cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Siegel co-founded Gilda’s Club in 1991 alongside actor Gene Wilder, a nonprofit support organization for cancer patients. His book \u003cem\u003eLessons for Dylan: From Father to Son\u003c\/em\u003e was written following his 1997 colon cancer diagnosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel Siegel was born and raised in Los Angeles and died in New York City at age 63.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel Siegel’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mystery-midrash","title":"Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery \u0026 Detective Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConfront murder, mayhem—and your own mysteries of being. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a corporate giant's kidnapping of a rabbi, to the disappearance of the clarinetist in a klezmer band, to four rabbis' use of their text interpretation skills to help a detective solve a murder that one of them has committed, this unique collection of mysteries will enlighten you at the same time it intrigues and entertains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile featuring enough death and deception to keep the detective protagonists on their toes, each story presents the uncertainties that are a part of contemporary Jewish identity—inviting us all to confront our own mysteries of being. Throughout the stories' tangled puzzles and suspenseful adventures, the characters solve not only the \"whodunit\"-type mysteries, but also struggle to solve the mystery of their spiritual lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMystery Midrash\u003c\/em\u003e will be a lasting delight for mystery buffs of all faith traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel Siegel • Lawrence W. Raphael • Toni Brill • Howard Engel • Richard Fliegel • Michael A. Kahn • Stuart M. Kaminsky • Faye Kellerman • Ronald Levitsky • Ellen Rawlings • Rabbi Bob Sloan • Janice Steinberg • James Yaffe • Batya Swift Yasgur\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1580230555\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781580230551\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Joel Siegel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43231090770136,"sku":"9781580230551","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43231090802904,"sku":"9781683362166","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781580230551_FC_mockup_v2_1738772947_0da909ee-8476-4db9-aab0-da7c61f33e6b.jpg?v=1791009970"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-joel-siegel.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}