Talk:Jonathan Safran Foer/Archive 1

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Should this really be labelled a stub? It looks like a more or less complete article to me. I'm going to remove the tag, and if someone feels I've acted in error, they can feel free to put it back. 5dots 22:05, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

poor reviews versus ambivalent reviews
Foer received some very favorable reviews for his second novel, and some poor reviews for his novel. It seems as though it's rather more controversial than the first, not decidedly poor. I would still place it in the critically acclaimed category -- but that decision would enunciate which reviewers I favor.

As such, I think that ambivalent is more accurate a term to describe the reception of his second novel.

Jkh2os 01:04, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Princeton Prizes
According to 63.206.99.138 there is only a senior creative writing thesis prize, but a quick search of the Princeton website suggests that there are prizes for other years as well so I'm reverting to the previous edit for the moment, the information here  seems to support this. Personally, I have no idea how the prizes work, or whether or not Jonathan Safran Foer won the prizes listed or not, I'm just going on the information of others that I can find, so if someone actually knows something about them please feel free to put what ever is correct up. --Caprosser 12:16, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

According to Foer himself, when I heard him speak at a viewing of the film adaptation of Everything is Illuminated, he only won the Senior prize. I, sadly cannot source this, as there is no recording of what he said. Do with that information what you will, but I will do nothing, as I can not prove conclusively either way.71.180.130.60 05:31, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Please explain

 * A vegetarian since the age of 10, Foer recorded the narration for "If This Is Kosher..." (2006), a harsh exposé of the kosher certification process that advocates vegetarianism and also includes Rabbi David Wolpe and Rabbi Irving Greenberg.

I came here after searching for mentions of Rabbi Greenberg, whose article I started the other day. Please explain how the Rabbis are "included." Are they criticized in the film (if that's what it is, that needs clairification too)? Or are they supporters of its views? Thanks. Steve Dufour 20:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

"If This is Kocher..." was a video created by PETA. Shouldn't that be identified in this section? ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.100.242.210 (talk) 18:11, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

FYI Anacdote: Safran in Hebrew is A Librarian
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he is god
I think this article should include the fact that Jonathan Safran Foer is the new god and overlord of the literary world. :-). Or at least the fact he is considered one of the leading and best young authors out there —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.117.59.17 (talk) 05:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1. God is dead. 2. Jonathan Safran Foer is not dead. C. Jonathan Safran Foer is not God. QED. Don't be pretentious. 66.234.194.63 (talk) 06:54, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Criticisms section
The Criticism section is full of uncited value judgements on the criticisms of JSF's work. Comments on criticisms need to be citied to a 3rd party. Wikieditors should be making judgements on whether a review of his work is 'hyperbolic' or 'reasonable'. I'm going to slowly sort things out. If anyone has any problems with my edits, pls comment here. 62.194.142.107 (talk) 22:10, 24 January 2010 (UTC)


 * This section has improved but still needs to be beefed up, otherwise I will take out "He remains a somewhat polarizing figure among contemporary critics and academics, attracting both praise and criticism in equal measure" in intro. Is New York Press still even around? And a contributing blogger on HuffPo doesn't really count as an important critic.--Aichik (talk) 15:31, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

The new J. D. Salinger
Jonathan Safran Foer, tu es le meilleur écrivain de ce siècle. Je te kiffe grave. DeansFA (talk) 03:51, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The cited NYT article clearly states that he never actually attended the medical school. He was part of the "Humanities and Medicine" program, but quit the program before medical school started. This is the quote: "Typically, 5 percent to 10 percent of the class drops out before getting to medical school. Those students cannot handle the science or they have changed their minds about their intention to be a doctor, said Miki Rifkin, the program director. One who dropped out was Jonathan Safran Foer, who became an acclaimed novelist." I think the whole bit about Mount Sinai is extraneous information, but at the very least it should be changed to reflect the fact that he never actually attended the medical school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Falvarez89 (talk • contribs) 05:23, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

David Foster Wallace
I made an amendment to the sidebar under the "influences" section. According to the NYT's obit for David Foster Wallace, it mentions he was one of Foer's influences. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AGMcR (talk • contribs) 14:23, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

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Discussion RE Natalie Portman relationship.
This article feels like a stub, as stated in a previous discussion post. I'm new to wikipedia, as such i don't feel at all qualified to make an edit on what i can assume is a highly viewed article. But I'm quite in the know, so to speak, on the relationship between Natalie Portman and Jonathan Safran Foer. While there is a large amount of, mostly flippant gossip surrounding the issue, I think it's important to address if the reader is to understand the context of Jonathan Safran Foer's works. This article is very lacking in terms of covering the response to Foer's quick rise to fame and fortune in the writing world, you can find a lot of good reports and I feel it would be good to aggregate some of the most reliable info into at least a paragraph our so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donburito (talk • contribs) 12:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)