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1 Orthodox Upbringing Undone Ashley Goldberg , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 May 2022; (p. 17)
1 Show Your Working : Ashley Goldberg Ashley Goldberg , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , May 2022;

'This month, we take a peek into the writing routine of author Ashley Goldberg, whose debut novel Abomination, which was shortlisted for the 2020 KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award, is out now from Vintage Australia.' (Introduction)

1 1 y separately published work icon Abomination Ashley Goldberg , Melbourne : Vintage , 2022 23816089 2022 single work novel

'A compelling and compassionate debut about friendship, faith, family and identity.

''He who turns his ear away from hearing the Torah – even his prayer is an abomination.’ Proverbs 28:9

'Melbourne 1999: Ezra and Yonatan are best friends whose lives are forever changed when their school, the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Yahel Academy, is rocked by a scandal and they are thrown onto two divergent paths. Twenty years later, the lives of the two men are very different: Ezra identifies as secular and atheist, while Yonatan has been ordained as a rabbi and even teaches at the academy. By chance they are reunited, and the events of their past and present collide with devastating consequences.

'Abomination lays bare the clash between religious and secular worlds in contemporary Australia and provides a revealing glimpse into a closed community. With great tenderness and insight debut author Ashley Goldberg tells the story of an enduring and evolving friendship as Yonatan and Ezra struggle to come to terms with the choices they have made, search for meaning, and forge their own identities. This is a beautifully observed, moving story from an exciting young writer.' (Publication summary)

1 Interested in Custard Ashley Goldberg , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 80 no. 4 2021; Meanjin Online 2021;
1 Juan, Not Two, Not Three, Not Four Ashley Goldberg , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: New Australian Fiction 2021 2021; (p. 133-151)
1 Extract : Abomination Ashley Goldberg , 2020 extract novel
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2020;

'Ezra and Yonatan were both students at Yahel Academy, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school, when allegations of sexual abuse arose against a teacher, Rabbi Hirsh. After Hirsch fled to Israel, Ezra’s parents pulled him out of the school, while Yonatan remained. Now in their thirties, the lives of the two men have taken very different paths: Ezra identifies as secular and atheist, while Yonatan has been ordained as a rabbi and even teaches at the Yahel Academy. At a rally in support of the extradition of Rabbi Hirsch from Israel the men are reunited, and the events of their past and present collide with devastating consequences.' (Introduction)

1 Soap Ashley Goldberg , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Pigface and Other Stories : Margaret River Press Short Story Competition 2018 2018;
1 Designed to Disembowel Ashley Goldberg , 2017 single work prose
— Appears in: Offset , no. 17 2017;
1 Of Gods and Women Ashley Goldberg , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Offset , October no. 15 2015; Award Winning Australian Writing 2016 2016; (p. 175-178)
1 Cassie’s New Clothes Ashley Goldberg , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Spring no. 7 2014; (p. 41-42)
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