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    Is a Drag­on Kosher?

    JBC Staff
    January 7, 2010

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter

    Jew​cy​.com takes a look at Ann and Jeff Vandermeer’s forth­com­ing The Kosher Guide to Imag­i­nary Ani­mals: The Evil Mon­key Dia­logues (Feb 2010).

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