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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Barbra Streisand’s Jewish Lives Biography Posted by Nat BernsteinWhat’s a girl to do at 74 years old with a No. 1 selling album for every decade since 1964 to her name?National treasure… Nat Bernstein May 17, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Here I Am Posted by Nat BernsteinIt’s been over a decade since Jonathan Safran Foer’s last novel—Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close—was published. But as fans of Foer’s… Nat Bernstein May 10, 2016
Recommended Reading Jews in the Rubble: A Reading List Earlier this week, Polly Zavadivker wrote about S. Ansky, Isaac Babel, and Vasily Grossman’s chronicles of the catastrophe of the Russian twentieth century. She… Polly Zavadivker April 20, 2016
Recommended Reading The Best Books about Jerusalem from Memoir, Fiction, and the Bible Earlier this week, Chanan Tigay shared his 5 favorite books to re-read. With the release of The Lost Book of Moses: The Search for the World’s Oldest Bible, Chanan is… Chanan Tigay April 14, 2016
Recommended Reading Chanan Tigay’s Top 5 Books to Re-Read With the release of The Lost Book of Moses: The Search for the World’s Oldest Bible from HarperCollins tomorrow, author Chanan Tigay is guest blogging here all week as part… Chanan Tigay April 11, 2016
Recommended Reading National Poetry Month 2016 In honor of National Poetry Month, the Jewish Book Council will be highlighting some of our favorite Jewish poems, both old and new, on our twitter account. Click below… JBC Staff April 1, 2016
