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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: Karl Marx, Great­ness and Illusion

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinWhile the con­tents of a phi­los­o­phy-packed biog­ra­phy of Karl Marx is almost cer­tain to send my head spin­ning, the clean lines of its book…
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    July 5, 2016
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    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIf you’re sur­prised to dis­cov­er that Helen Maryles Shankman already has anoth­er title due out this Octo­ber, look closer:For rea­sons the author…
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: I’m Sup­posed to Pro­tect You from All This

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIt took oppo­site jour­neys for a moth­er and daugh­ter to each find them­selves at the start of their adult lives: one need­ed to leave France to…
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    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinOne of my very favorite Jew­ish hol­i­day tra­di­tions is com­ing up: beflow­er­ing one’s home for Shavuot! Owing to a midrash that Mount Sinai…
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    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinWhat’s a girl to do at 74 years old with a No. 1 sell­ing album for every decade since 1964 to her name?Nation­al trea­sure…
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Here I Am

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIt’s been over a decade since Jonathan Safran Foer’s last nov­el—Extreme­ly Loud and Incred­i­bly Close—was pub­lished. But as fans of Foer’s…
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    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinOrphan Num­ber Eight author Kim Van Alke­made shared the cov­er for the nov­el­’s new large-print edi­tion last week, and it’s no won­der she’s…
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    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinI don’t know any­one who did­n’t grow up with Eric Car­le, whether has a young read­er or a par­ent or a grand­par­ent. Uni­ver­sal­ly…
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