Ear­li­er this week, Josh Lam­bert wrote about whether or not ​“shmuk” is a dirty word, how pub­li­ca­tions han­dle obscen­i­ties and how he came to write his newest…

What we’re read­ing this month:Nao­mi: S. (J. J. Abrams and Doug Dorst) | Suzanne: And So It Was Writ­ten (Ellen Braz­er)Nat: Total­ly Unof­fi­cial (Raphael Lemkin;…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­stein Yes, if you’re won­der­ing, my par­ents have been fol­low­ing the entire Eight Nights of Sto­ries blog series. My mom has no mem­o­ry of the night she…

Read all of the posts in our Eight Nights of Sto­ries series here.Hanukkah Bear by Eric A. Kim­mel; illus. Mike Wohnout­kaI have to admit, I was extreme­ly puz­zled when…

What we’re read­ing this month:Joyce: The Miss­ing File (D. A. Mis­hani) | Miri: Beau­ti­ful Souls (Eyal Press)Nat: The Pow­er of Light (Isaac Bashe­vis Singer) |…

Read all of the posts in our Eight Nights of Sto­ries series here.The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Scream­ing: A Christ­mas Sto­ry by Lemo­ny Snick­et; Lisa Brown, illus.On…