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Love and Mar­riage by David Sax

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter Cut-out book of Valen­tines cir­ca 1940. David Sax, author of Save the Deli, writes for Tablet mag on romance, love, and…
JBC Staff
February 12, 2010
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The Stage vs. the Page

In his last posts Joel Chas­noff, author of The 188th Cry­ba­by Brigade: A Skin­ny Jew­ish Kid from Chica­go Fights Hezbol­lah: A Mem­oir, wrote about…
Joel Chas­noff
February 12, 2010
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Meet­ing My Giants

In his last post Joel Chas­noff, author of The 188th Cry­ba­by Brigade: A Skin­ny Jew­ish Kid from Chica­go Fights Hezbol­lah: A Mem­oir, wrote about…
Joel Chas­noff
February 10, 2010
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Joel Chas­noff: Judg­ing a Book by its Cover

Joel Chas­noff, author of The 188th Cry­ba­by Brigade: A Skin­ny Jew­ish Kid from Chica­go Fights Hezbol­lah: A Mem­oir , is guest-blog­ging all week…
Joel Chas­noff
February 8, 2010
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Remem­ber­ing Avrom Sutzkever

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterAvrom Sutzkev­er, 1950 – pho­to by Fritz CohenJere­my Dauber writes for The New Repub­lic on the Yid­dish poet Avrom…
JBC Staff
February 2, 2010
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Melis­sa Broder’s Pen Pal #2

In her last posts, Melis­sa Broder con­duct­ed a ​“Jew­ish vs. Goy­ish lit­mus test” for the year in review, shared the B‑Sides of her…
Melis­sa Broder
January 29, 2010
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