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The His­tor­i­cal Fig­ures in Ger­ald Kol­pan’s Mag­ic Words

Vis­it­ing Scribe blog­ger Ger­ald Kol­pan shares some of the his­tor­i­cal fig­ures in his newest nov­el, Mag­ic Words: The Tale of a Jew­ish Boy-Inter­preter, the World’s…
Ger­ald Kolpan
May 1, 2012
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The Return of Eli Gershonson

Ger­ald Kol­pan​’s newest book, Mag­ic Words: The Tale of a Jew­ish Boy-Inter­preter, the World’s Most Estimable Magi­cian, a Mur­der­ous Har­lot, and Amer­i­ca’s…
Ger­ald Kolpan
April 30, 2012
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Acknowl­edg­ing the Ten­e­ment Museum

Ear­li­er this week Debra Spark wrote about meet­ing Adin Stein­saltz and why she makes her char­ac­ters Jew­ish. She has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil…
Debra Spark
April 27, 2012
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Do My Char­ac­ters Need to be Jewish?

Ear­li­er this week, Debra Spark wrote about meet­ing Adin Stein­saltz. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.Should I show…
Debra Spark
April 25, 2012
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Seek­ing Fact, Find­ing the Unknowable

Debra Spark​’s newest book, The Pret­ty Girl, is now avail­able. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.In lit­er­a­ture, as in…
Debra Spark
April 23, 2012
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Pri­mor­dial Slush

Ear­li­er this week, Ramona Aus­bel talked about what she is, a moth­er, and what she isn’t, an actress. She has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Ramona Ausubel
April 20, 2012
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