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    The Sev­en Roads to Hell (or: Dante’s Infer­no adapt­ed for Chas­sidic Jews)

    Goldie Gold­bloom is the author of Toads’ Muse­um of Freaks and Won­ders, a nov­el about Ital­ian pris­on­ers of war in Aus­tralia dur­ing World War II. She will be…
    Goldie Gold­bloom
    March 8, 2010
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    A Trav­el Tip

    In his last posts, David Rosen­berg, whose lat­est books are A Lit­er­ary Bible: An Orig­i­nal Trans­la­tion and An Edu­cat­ed Man: A Dual Biog­ra­phy of…
    David Rosen­berg
    February 26, 2010
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    The Judeo-Chris­tian­i­ty Section

    In his last post, David Rosen­berg, whose lat­est books are A Lit­er­ary Bible: An Orig­i­nal Trans­la­tion and An Edu­cat­ed Man: A Dual Biog­ra­phy of…
    David Rosen­berg
    February 24, 2010
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    The Writer of Writers

    David Rosen­berg, whose lat­est books are A Lit­er­ary Bible: An Orig­i­nal Trans­la­tion and An Edu­cat­ed Man: A Dual Biog­ra­phy of Moses and Jesus,…
    David Rosen­berg
    February 22, 2010
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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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