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Essay Ariel Sabar: A Time to Put Aside the Armor Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAriel Sabar, author of My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, wrote an essay for last… JBC Staff July 20, 2009
Essay David Plotz: Why Is Judaism Such a Failure? In his last blog, David Plotz, author of Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single… David Plotz July 17, 2009
Essay Borges and the Jews Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJorge Luis BorgesYesterday Zeek at Jewcy posted the final section of Ilan Stavans’ monograph on Borges and the Jews:In this,… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 16, 2009
Essay Tablet on Yoel Hoffmann Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterTablet featured this week’s Jewish Book Council recommended read (sign up for our weekly e‑mails here) Curriculum… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 16, 2009
Essay David Plotz: Is Monotheism for Jerks? David Plotz is guest-blogging for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council.There are the writers who succeed by arguing evolution exists and God… David Plotz July 15, 2009
Essay Missed the Bruno Schulz Tribute? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIf you weren’t able to make it over to the 92nd Street Y on Monday night for the tribute to Bruno Schulz, or even if you were, you can… Naomi Firestone-Teeter May 6, 2009
