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    What Makes a Cre­ative Process Jewish?

    Ear­li­er this week, David Eben­bach wrote about what makes a short sto­ry Jew­ish. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.Is…
    David Eben­bach
    November 28, 2012
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    What Makes a Short Sto­ry Jewish?

    David Eben­bach​’s col­lec­tion Into the Wilder­ness is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.I think most Jew­ish…
    David Eben­bach
    November 26, 2012
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    Per­ils of the Writ­ing Life

    Ear­li­er this week, Tehi­la Lieber­man wrote about being ​“the oth­er,” cross­ing the bor­ders of rad­i­cal­ly diver­gent worlds and two of the short sto­ries from her…
    Tehi­la Lieberman
    November 23, 2012
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    The Oth­er

    Ear­li­er this week, Tehi­la Lieber­man wrote about cross­ing the bor­ders of rad­i­cal­ly diver­gent worlds and two of the short sto­ries from her col­lec­tion Venus in the…
    Tehi­la Lieberman
    November 21, 2012
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    Dou­ble Vision

    Ear­li­er this week, Tehi­la Lieber­man wrote about two of the short sto­ries from her col­lec­tion Venus in the After­noon. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book…
    Tehi­la Lieberman
    November 20, 2012
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    When a Sto­ry is Born Form First

    Tehi­la Lieber­man is the author of the short sto­ry col­lec­tion Venus in the After­noon. She is cur­rent­ly com­plet­ing a nov­el enti­tled ​“The Last Holy Man”. She will…
    Tehi­la Lieberman
    November 19, 2012
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