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    A His­tor­i­cal Look at Jews in the Work of Shakespeare

    Lois Lev­een is the author of Juli­et’s Nurse and The Secrets of Mary Bows­er. She has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s Vis­it­ing Scribe…
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    October 1, 2014
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    Romeo and Jew­li­et, or a Jew­ish Nov­el­ist Walks into a Shake­speare Play

    Lois Lev­een is the author of Juli­et’s Nurse and The Secrets of Mary Bows­er. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s Vis­it­ing Scribe series.To be, or…
    Lois Lev­een
    September 29, 2014
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    Inter­nal Dia­logue: The Days of Awe 5775

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­stein.Prayer doesn’t come eas­i­ly to every­one. Whether one con­sid­ers one­self reli­gious, spir­i­tu­al, obser­vant, or curi­ous, find­ing that opti­mum of…
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    September 22, 2014
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    My Par­ents’ Lega­cy, My Library, and the Mel Rosen Biography

    Ear­li­er this week, Craig Darch wrote about how he became inter­est­ed in writ­ing the Mel Rosen biog­ra­phy. He is the author of From Brook­lyn to the Olympics: The…
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    September 17, 2014
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    Dis­cov­er­ing Dolph Schayes

    Dolph Grund­man is the author of Jim Pol­lard: The Kan­ga­roo Kid, The Gold­en Age of Ama­teur Bas­ket­ball: The AAU Tour­na­ment, 1921 – 1968, and, most recent­ly, Dolph Schayes…
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    September 16, 2014
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    How I Got Inter­est­ed in Writ­ing the Mel Rosen Biography

    Craig Darch is author of From Brook­lyn to the Olympics: The Hall of Fame Career of Auburn Uni­ver­si­ty Track Coach Mel Rosen. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish…
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    September 15, 2014
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