JBC Bookshelf: Spring is Near

February 9, 2012

Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter

I know it’s still only February, but I can smell spring. Really! I can! Almost every title to recently cross my desk has a spring pub date, and that just makes me happy. The new titles come in all shapes and sizes (as you can see below) and bring the promise of warmer weather and outdoor book clubs (ok, maybe I’m getting ahead of myself…). Point is: loving the new crop of books. And, there’s more where these came from. Our 2012 – 2012 Network authors are signing up now and will begin to appear on the ProsenPeople pages very soon. Until then…three from the shelf:

Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way, Mayim Bialik (March 2012, Touchstone)

Did you know Mayim is blogging over at Kveller? If you read her blog, you get to find out about cool things like this.

Unterzakhn, Leela Corman (April 2012, Schocken Books)

I’ve been waiting for this one to come out since March 2008, so it’s a complete pleasure to finally have it in my hands.

Promiscuous: “Portnoy’s Complaint” and Our Doomed Pursuit of Happiness, Bernard Avishai (April 2012, Yale University Press)

Attn Roth Fans: we compiled our Roth reviews for you here.

Originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Naomi Firestone-Teeter is the CEO of the Jewish Book Council. Prior to becoming executive director and then CEO, she served as founding editor of the JBC website and managing editor of Jewish Book World. Naomi sits on the board of Jewish Creativity International.Naomi was named to the New York Jewish Week’s 2019 “36 Under 36” and Algemeiner’s 2018 list of the 100 people positively influencing Jewish life and was included on the Global Jewish 100 list by Izzy in 2020. She graduated from Emory University with degrees in English and Art History and, in addition, studied at University College London. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.