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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: Thresholds

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinJew­ish Book Coun­cil is delight­ed to be work­ing once again with Rab­bi Sherre Hirsch, the first female rab­bi of Sinai Tem­ple Los Ange­les and…
Nat Bern­stein
March 13, 2015
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Book Cov­er of the Week: Shekhina

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinWe’re deeply sad­dened to learn of Leonard Nimoy’s pass­ing this morn­ing. Beyond his icon­ic, beloved, and influ­en­tial role as Star Trek​’s Mr. Spock,…
Nat Bern­stein
February 27, 2015
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Book Cov­er of the Week: Nightbird

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinJew­ish nov­el­ist Alice Hoff­man turns her deft mas­tery of mag­i­cal real­ism to Mid­dle Grade fan­ta­sy with Night­bird, a tale of enchant­ments,…
Nat Bern­stein
February 18, 2015
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Book Cov­er of the Week: Immi­grants Against the State

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinIt’s been a while since we fea­tured a non­fic­tion title on The Pros­en­Peo­ple’s Book Cov­er of the Week series, so how’s this for…
Nat Bern­stein
February 10, 2015
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Book Cov­er of the Week: A lit­er­ary birch tree forest

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinGiv­en that I hail from a city named for trees, it’s no sur­prise that Tu B’sh­vat is one of my favorite hol­i­days — and it’s today!I’ve…
Nat Bern­stein
February 4, 2015
Interview

Inter­view with Men­achem Z. Rosensaft

by Nat Bern­steinMen­achem Z. Rosen­saft is the edi­tor of the recent­ly pub­lished God, Faith & Iden­ti­ty from the Ash­es: Reflec­tions of Chil­dren and…
Nat Bern­stein
January 26, 2015
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Book Cov­er of the Week: A Replace­ment Life, in Paperback

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinJBC Net­work author and Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award final­ist Boris Fish­man recent­ly announced the release of a paper­back edi­tion of his…
Nat Bern­stein
January 23, 2015
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2014 Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Chanukah Gift Guide for Children

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinWe know it’s only Novem­ber, but we’ve already got Chanukah on our mind. Ear­li­er today we pub­lished our 2014 Chanukah gift-giv­ing guide for adults,…
Nat Bern­stein
November 17, 2014
Essay

Spic­ing Chil­dren’s Lit­er­a­ture with Jew­ish Humor and Jew­ish Life

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinThe 16th Annu­al Jew­ish Children’s Book Writ­ers & Illus­tra­tors Sem­i­nar was held on Sun­day, Novem­ber 2nd at the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil…
Nat Bern­stein
November 14, 2014
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Book Cov­er of the Week: After Birth by Elisa Albert

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinAs we await the release of Sami Rohr Prize final­ist Elisa Albert’s forth­com­ing nov­el, the new­ly unveiled book cov­er for the British edi­tion of…
Nat Bern­stein
November 13, 2014
Essay

The Fight for Jew­ish Fem­i­nism in Israel

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinMon­day night, a group of Jew­ish stu­dents and pro­fes­sion­als in their 20s gath­ered in the com­mon room of the new­ly opened Moishe House of the…
Nat Bern­stein
November 11, 2014
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Book Cov­er of the Week: A Thou­sand Pieces of You

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinYes­ter­day was not only the 2014 Unit­ed States midterm elec­tions; it was also the release date for the first install­ment in a new Young Adult…
Nat Bern­stein
November 5, 2014

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Michelle Edwards; G. Brian Karas, illus.
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Alli­ga­tor Candy
David Kushner
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Fic­tion
Albi­na and the Dog-Men
Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Visu­al Arts
Brand-New & Ter­rif­ic: Alex Katz in the 1950s
Diana Tuite
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Fic­tion
Three Ear­ly Stories
J. D. Salinger
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Non­fic­tion
Child­hood
Jona Oberski; Ralph Manheim, trans.
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Fic­tion
Above Us Only Sky: A Novel
Michele Young-Stone
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Fic­tion
The Sun­lit Night
Rebec­ca Din­er­stein Knight
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Non­fic­tion
The Lost Book of Mormon
Avi Stein­berg
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Fic­tion
The Con­fab­u­list
Steven Galloway
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Fic­tion
The Best Place on Earth: Stories
Ayelet Tsabari
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Fic­tion
Jew­ish Moth­ers Nev­er Die
Natalie David-Weill; Molly Grogan, trans.
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Plen­ty More: Vibrant Veg­etable Cook­ing from Lon­don’s Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi
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After Birth
Elisa Albert
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Michel Laub

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