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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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