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Essay The Jewish People Are Like a Symphony! Earlier this week, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall shared the backstory behind her newest book, The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition. Roberta is… Roberta Rosenthal Kwall March 18, 2015
Essay I’m Telling Everyone Judith Claire Mitchell, the author of A Reunion of Ghosts and The Last Day of the War, is an English professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she… Judith Claire Mitchell March 16, 2015
Essay The Art of Religious Tradition: The Backstory to The Myth of the Cultural Jew Roberta Rosenthal Kwall is the Raymond P. Niro Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law. Her newest book, The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in… Roberta Rosenthal Kwall March 16, 2015
Essay Making My Own MFA Earlier this week, Shulem Deen wrote about “New Happy And Worldly Hasidim.” He is the author of All Who Go Do Not Return, a memoir about growing up in and then… Shulem Deen March 5, 2015
Essay Anivut Mort Zachter is the author of the recently published book Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life. Today he writes for the Jewish Book Council about why he, a Jewish man,… Mort Zachter March 3, 2015
Essay What We Talk About When We Talk About Hasidim Shulem Deen is the author of All Who Go Do Not Return, a memoir about growing up in and then leaving the Hasidic Jewish world. He will be blogging here all week for… Shulem Deen March 2, 2015
