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Essay Eight Ways to Lose Weight on Chanukah Jamie Geller’s new cookbook, Joy of Kosher (William Morrow), is now available. Read her previous posts for the Visiting Scribe here. She is blogging here today for… Jamie Geller October 15, 2013
Essay Charles Belfoure on Cutting Material from His Novel Charles Belfoure is the author of the debut novel The Paris Architect (Sourcebooks Landmark), an October Indie Next Pick and National Reading Group Month Selection. He… Charles Belfoure October 15, 2013
Essay New Vessel Press: Great Books in New Vessels by Maron L. WaxmanShortly after the launch of their first list, I talked with Michael Wise and Ross Ufberg about their new publishing company…New Vessel Press, Michael… Maron L. Waxman October 15, 2013
Essay Dynamic and Polyglot: Judaism’s (Hasidic) Revival Movement Michael Levin is a Brooklyn-based artist and the author of Jews of Today: A Primer on Hasidic Dress. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Michael Levin October 14, 2013
Essay Jeremy Dauber On Touring with Sholem Aleichem Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Yiddish literature at Columbia University, where he also serves as director of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and… Jeremy Dauber October 8, 2013
Essay On Writing a Fictionalized Account of Baruch Spinoza’s Family Earlier this week, Gabi Gleichmann wrote about the genesis of his debut novel and his fascination with reading and writing. His debut novel, The Elixir of… Gabi Gleichmann October 4, 2013
