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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. Articles Reviews Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Recommended Reading 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 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› Fiction The Virgins Pamela Erens Fiction The Pawnbroker Edward Lewis Wallant Fiction Panic in a Suitcase Yelena Akhtiorskaya Nonfiction Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation Stephen Smith Fiction The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig; Anthea Bell, trans. Visual Arts The Wes Anderson Collection Matt Zoller Seitz; Eric C. Anderson, illus.; Michael Chabon, intro. Fiction The Last Animal Abby Geni Nonfiction J. D. Salinger: The Escape Artist Thomas Beller Nonfiction Did Jew Know?: A Handy Primer on the Customs, Culture & Practice of the Chosen People Emily Stone Fiction One More Thing B.J. Novak Fiction The Book of Jonah Joshua Max Feldman Nonfiction Kafka: The Years of Insight Reiner Stach; Shelley Frisch, trans. Visual Arts Jews of Today: A Primer on Hasidic Dress Michael Levin Fiction The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. Adelle Waldman Cookbook The Macaroon Bible Dan Cohen; Alice Gao, photographs Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ››
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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
Nonfiction Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation Stephen Smith
Visual Arts The Wes Anderson Collection Matt Zoller Seitz; Eric C. Anderson, illus.; Michael Chabon, intro.
Nonfiction Did Jew Know?: A Handy Primer on the Customs, Culture & Practice of the Chosen People Emily Stone
