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    Nat Bern­stein

    Nat Bern­stein is the for­mer Man­ag­er of Dig­i­tal Con­tent & Media, JBC Net­work Coor­di­na­tor, and Con­tribut­ing Edi­tor at the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and a grad­u­ate of Hamp­shire College.

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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Turned Inside Out

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinI was so tak­en with the con­tent of Steven Shankman’s Turned Inside Out: Read­ing the Russ­ian Nov­el in Prison I almost failed to notice the book…
    Nat Bern­stein
    December 1, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Judas by Amos Oz

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIt’s a great day for Amer­i­ca: not only do we get to ful­fill our civic duty and wear cool stick­ers (and even get free dough­nuts, if you know…
    Nat Bern­stein
    November 8, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: All Grown Up

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinFirst you hear that Jami Atten­berg, the author of The Mid­dlesteins and Saint Maizie, has a new nov­el in the works, and you think: yes. Then you…
    Nat Bern­stein
    September 29, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: A Hat for Mrs. Goldman

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIt’s rare that a children’s book about doing a mitz­vah tugs at adult read­ers’ heart­strings, but a new sto­ry by Michelle Edwards…
    Nat Bern­stein
    September 20, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: These Are the Names

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinI’ve been haunt­ed by Tom­my Wieringa’s These Are the Names since pick­ing up an advance copy last month. The orig­i­nal edi­tion of the Dutch nov­el…
    Nat Bern­stein
    August 30, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Fas­ci­nat­ing — The Life of Leonard Nimoy

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinI always have an eye out for good books for young Jew­ish read­ers — sto­ries that break the mold of what we con­sid­er ​“Jew­ish chil­dren’s…
    Nat Bern­stein
    August 25, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Mamaleh Knows Best

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinOnly two weeks until Mar­jorie Ingal­l’s long-await­ed guide to Jew­ish par­ent­ing, Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jew­ish Moth­ers Do to Raise Suc­cess­ful,…
    Nat Bern­stein
    August 16, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Where the Jews Aren’t

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinOne of my favorite non­fic­tion writ­ers has a new book com­ing out at the end of the month that address­es the bizarre his­to­ry of Biro­bidzhan,…
    Nat Bern­stein
    August 9, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Moon­glow by Michael Chabon

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinYes, there’s a new Michael Chabon nov­el com­ing out Novem­ber 2016. And yes, it’s good.You’d bet­ter be pre­pared to pry this one out of your loved…
    Nat Bern­stein
    August 2, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Leav­ing Lucy Pear

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinHap­py pub day to Anna Solomon on the release of Leav­ing Lucy Pear! I love the book cov­er (and the sto­ry behind it, which you will be able to…
    Nat Bern­stein
    July 26, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: New Ren­der­ings of the Night Trilogy

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinWhile Sophie Segal, one of Jew­ish Book Council’s interns this sum­mer, was research­ing her essay on the lega­cies of the late Nov­el lau­re­ates Imre…
    Nat Bern­stein
    July 20, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Yiddishland

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinFol­low­ing up on last week’s sim­ple art­workon a biog­ra­phy of Karl Marx, let’s expand the design and dis­course to all of…
    Nat Bern­stein
    July 12, 2016

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