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A Mod­ern Men’s Torah Commentary

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterDebra Nuss­baum Cohen post­ed on the For­ward​‘s Sis­ter­hood Blog this week about a forth­com­ing book from Jew­ish Lights…
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July 17, 2009
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Rather Strange…But We Thought We’d Share

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterPhilip Roth laugh sam­ple on a dance track? Yep, it exists. Read more here.
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Tobi Kahn: Exhib­it and Book

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterThe Muse­um of Bib­li­cal Art (MOBIA) will present Tobi Kahn: Sacred Spaces for the 21st Cen­tu­ry, an exhi­bi­tion of 30 recent…
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June 19, 2009
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More for your 2010 (and 2011) Read­ing List!

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterWe just got wind (via Publisher’s Week­ly on Twit­ter (@PublishersWkly)) that we can look for­ward to new work from Jonathan Safran…
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June 19, 2009
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JPS CEO/Ed­i­tor-in-Chief Ellen Frankel Steps Down

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter This morn­ing, the Jew­ish Pub­li­ca­tion Soci­ety announced that Ellen Frankel, CEO and Edi­tor-in-Chief of the Jew­ish…
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June 17, 2009
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Writ­ers and Poets Run Israeli Newspaper

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterGal­l­ey­cat report­ed Fri­day that Haaretzsur­prised 50,000 read­ers last week by turn­ing over the news­pa­per to writ­ers and poets.…
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June 15, 2009
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Anne Frank at 80…Image and New Book

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterHad Anne Frank sur­vived the Holo­caust she would have been 80 this week and to hon­or her mem­o­ry an ​“age pro­gres­sion” image was cre­at­ed…
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June 10, 2009
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Hid­ing Edith Wins the 2009 Yad Vashem Prize for Chil­dren’s Holo­caust Lit

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterCon­grat­u­la­tions to Kathy Kac­er, author of the 2006 title Hid­ing Edith that has won the2009 Yad Vashem Prize for Children’s…
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June 3, 2009
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Franklin Lit­tell, Schol­ar of Holo­caust, Dies at 91

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterFranklin Lit­tell, a father of Holo­caust stud­ies, died last Sat­ur­day at his home in Penn­syl­va­nia. The New York Times…
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June 3, 2009
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More on Rebec­ca Rubin

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterWe’ve been wait­ing years for the Jew­ish equiv­a­lent of Saman­tha, Kirsten, Felic­i­ty, Mol­ly, Nel­lie, and Addie, and we final­ly have it:…
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May 31, 2009
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Sami Rohr Prize Gala

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterLast night, Sana Krasikov (One More Year) was offi­cial­ly award­ed the 2009 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture at the Muse­um of Jew­ish…
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May 22, 2009
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The 21st Annu­al Cana­di­an Jew­ish Book Awards

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterCheck out the 2009 Win­ners of the Cana­di­an Jew­ish Book Awards:BIOG­RA­PHY & MEM­OIRThe Cana­di­an Jew­ish News AwardPeter C.…
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