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    Michael Wex’s Indiegogo Cam­paign to Fund Trans­la­tion of Yid­dish Novel

    by Jack­ie AnzarootMichael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch and well-known Yid­dish schol­ar, is cur­rent­ly try­ing to crowd-fund his next project, a trans­la­tion of…
    Jack­ie Anzaroot
    May 14, 2013
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    Col­lec­tive Guilt vs. Col­lec­tive Fear: Ordi­nary Ger­man Cit­i­zens Dur­ing WWII

    In her first install­ment of ​“Col­lec­tive Guilt vs. Col­lec­tive Fear,” Randy Susan Mey­ers wrote about an essay in which the writer met with an elder­ly for­mer SS offi­cer.…
    Randy Susan Meyers
    May 14, 2013
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    Ben Lern­er: Work­ing Against the Image of the Con­ven­tion­al Novel

    We prompt­ed this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about ​“how they came to write their book.” Over the next sev­er­al weeks, we’ll share their respons­es. Today, Ben…
    Ben Lern­er
    May 14, 2013
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    Randy Susan Mey­ers on Col­lec­tive Guilt vs. Col­lec­tive Fear

    Randy Susan Mey­ers​’s most recent book, The Com­fort of Lies, is now avail­able. She is also the author of The Murderer’s Daugh­ters, a final­ist for the Mass­a­chu­setts…
    Randy Susan Meyers
    May 13, 2013
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    Rebec­ca Miller on Gluck­el of Hameln

    This week on the Vis­it­ing Scribe, Rebec­ca Miller will be shar­ing texts that shed light on Jew­ish life in eigh­teenth-cen­tu­ry France, the set­ting of her new nov­el,…
    Rebec­ca Miller
    May 13, 2013
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    The Mish­pocheh Connection

    Jonathan Kirsch, book edi­tor of The Jew­ish Jour­nal, con­tributes book reviews to the print and online edi­tions and blogs at www​.jew​ishjour​nal​.com/​t​w​e​l​v​e​t​welve.…
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    May 10, 2013
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