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Recommended Reading Israeli Fiction Round Up Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterDon’t have the funds to travel over to Israel this fall? Well, we have an easy solution…bring Israel to your home with this great fall line-up… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 2, 2010
Recommended Reading The Other Other Singer Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAfter spending the last few days up at the National Yiddish Book Center, it’s only fitting that we would be drawn to an article on… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 28, 2010
Recommended Reading Ah, another troll-fighting 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJust got wind (thanks Lisa Silverman!) of this new book, due out in November from Amulet Books: Hereville: How Mirka Got Her… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 28, 2010
Recommended Reading It’s Earth Day! Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterHappy Earth Day! To celebrate, consider reading The Way into Judaism And the Environment (Jeremy Benstein). Benstein’s book… JBC Staff April 22, 2010
Recommended Reading Iran meets Beverly Hills: Angella M. Nazarian Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn Angella M. Nazarian’s stunning new book Life As a Visitor she blends prose and poetry with memoir and visual arts.… JBC Staff April 13, 2010
Recommended Reading Nine Fiction Writers and the Sabbath Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterA wonderful piece from Tablet, prompted by Judith Shulevitz’s new book The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of… JBC Staff March 19, 2010