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    How the Rab­bi Hooked Me

    In 2009, Reb Zal­man Schachter-Shalo­mi asked N.Y. Times best-sell­ing author Sara David­son to talk with him about ​“The Decem­ber Project.” He want­ed to help peo­ple not…
    Sara David­son
    March 24, 2014
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    Is His­to­ry a Prison or a Home?

    Ear­li­er this week, Joshua Fat­tal wrote about remem­ber­ing Hebrew School while a pris­on­er in Iran and being a Jew cel­e­brat­ing Christ­mas in Iran­ian prison. He…
    Joshua Fat­tal
    March 21, 2014
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    Quo­tas: On Being Jew­ish in Pre-Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Rus­sia and Sovi­et Russia

    Ear­li­er this week, Ellen Lit­man wrote about Jew­ish hol­i­days, her iden­ti­ty, and a search for feel­ings of belong­ing. Her new book, Man­nequin Girl: A Nov­el, is…
    Ellen Lit­man
    March 20, 2014
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    Remem­ber­ing Hebrew School in Iran­ian Prison

    Ear­li­er this week, Joshua Fat­tal wrote about being a Jew cel­e­brat­ing Christ­mas in Iran­ian prison. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
    Joshua Fat­tal
    March 19, 2014
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    Ask Big Ques­tions: How Do You Recharge?

    The Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is delight­ed to launch a new blog series in part­ner­ship with Ask Big Ques­tions, an ini­tia­tive out of Hil­lel Inter­na­tion­al aimed at…
    Joshua Henkin
    March 18, 2014
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    This Blog Post Has No Title. Here’s Why.

    This week, Jean Hanff Kore­litz, the author of You Should Have Known (avail­able today from Grand Cen­tral Pub­lish­ing) as well as four pre­vi­ous nov­els, a poet­ry…
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    March 18, 2014
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