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    Midrash Man­i­cures: The Torah on Your Tips

    Post­ed by Sharon B.For­get those lit­tle flow­ers you used to get paint­ed on your pinkie when you were nine– join the big leagues of man­i­cure mania with Rab­bi Yael Buech­ler…
    Sharon Bruce
    December 7, 2011
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    Writ­ers Should Get Up Early

    Ear­li­er this week, Matthue Roth blogged about pub­lish­ing a real life old-fash­ioned book. He will be blog­ging all week for JBC and MJL.As a glut­ton for tor­ture…
    Matthue Roth
    December 7, 2011
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    Jump­ing!

    by Elyse IngberJump for joy. Jump for Jen­ny. Jump-A-Thon. Jump for Col­orec­tal Can­cer Research.  Wait, what? What is all of this jumping? Through Jew­ish…
    Elyse Ing­ber
    December 6, 2011
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    Pub­lish­ing a Real Life Old-Fash­ioned Book

    Matthue Roth​’s lat­est book, Auto­mat­ic, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging here for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing all week.Here’s the thing about…
    Matthue Roth
    December 5, 2011
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    Food, Music and Meshugas: Bring­ing the Low­er East Side to Life

    Ear­li­er this week, Chris Mori­ar­ty wrote about writ­ing her new book and songs of hope and fail­ure. She will be blog­ging all week for MyJew­ish­Learn­ing and…
    Chris Mori­ar­ty
    December 1, 2011
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    Songs of Hope and Failure

    On Mon­day, Chris Mori­ar­ty wrote about why she wrote The Inquisi­tor’s Appren­tice. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.So the…
    Chris Mori­ar­ty
    November 30, 2011
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