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    Essay

    A Glimpse into the Eng­lish Chare­di School System

    Eve Har­ris was born to Israeli-Pol­ish par­ents in Chiswick, West Lon­don, in 1973. She taught for 12 years at inner-city com­pre­hen­sives and inde­pen­dent schools in…
    Eve Har­ris
    April 9, 2014
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    Drap­er and the Jewess

    Leah Uman­sky is the author of the Mad-Men inspired chap­book, Don Dreams and I Dream (Kat­ty­wom­pus Press 2014) and Domes­tic Uncer­tain­ties (Blazevox 2013). She curates…
    Leah Uman­sky
    April 8, 2014
    Essay

    Recipe: Moroc­can-Style Gefilte Fish For Passover

    Tamar Ansh is an author, edi­tor and food colum­nist, among many oth­er things. Her newest book, Let My Chil­dren Cook!, is a Passover cook­book for kids aged 8 – 108 with…
    Tamar Ansh
    April 7, 2014
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    The Jour­ney Back

    Juliana Maio was born in Egypt, but expelled from the coun­try with her fam­i­ly dur­ing the Suez Cri­sis. She was raised in France, com­plet­ed her high­er edu­ca­tion in the…
    Juliana Maio
    April 2, 2014
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    An Inter­view with Author and Illus­tra­tor Ann Koffsky

    by Michal Hoschan­der Malen An inter­view with author and illus­tra­tor Ann Kof­fksy, whose most recent book, Frogs in the Bed: My Passover Seder Activ­i­ty Book (Behrman…
    Michal Hoschan­der Malen
    April 1, 2014
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    You Prob­a­bly Would­n’t Think To Read This For Book Club, But…

    This week, Bar­bara Aske­nas and Michal Smart, co-edi­tors of the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award-win­ning book Kad­dish: Wom­en’s Voic­es blogs for The Post­script on why…
    Bar­bara Askenas, Michal Smart
    April 1, 2014
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