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    Break­ing the Self-Imposed Silence

    Dorit Sas­son is the author of Acci­den­tal Sol­dier: A Mem­oir of Ser­vice in the Israel Defense Forces. She is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as…
    Dorit Sas­son
    June 20, 2016
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    The Jig­saw Puz­zle of Writ­ing with­out an Outline

    Ear­li­er this week, Jeff Gottes­feld shared how a news sto­ry about a dead tree inspired his first children’s book, The Tree in the Court­yard. Jeff is guest blog­ging…
    Jeff Gottes­feld
    June 16, 2016
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Hot Dog Taste Test

    If you own a Net­flix account — or a sub­scrip­tion to Lucky Peach, The New York Times, Van­i­ty Fair, or McSweeney’s—you’ve seen Lisa Hanawalt’s work. This week, the…
    JBC Staff
    June 15, 2016
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    How a Dead Tree at 263 Prin­sen­gracht Sparked a Move­ment — and a Chil­dren’s Book

    Fol­low­ing Anne Frank’s birth­day over the week­end, The Tree in the Court­yard author Jeff Gottes­feld is guest blog­ging for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as part of the…
    Jeff Gottes­feld
    June 14, 2016
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    Ten Com­mand­ments of Spe­cial Needs Parenting

    Fol­low­ing her posts on rec­og­niz­ing the sen­so­ry over­load of cel­e­brat­ing Purim and set­ting a place for spe­cial needs at the seder table, this week Liane…
    Liane Kupfer­berg Carter
    June 9, 2016
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    Writ­ing in Between Whatever

    Ear­li­er this week, Sophie Cook shared the how her family’s heir­loom fur­ni­ture inspired her first his­tor­i­cal nov­el, Anna & Eliz­a­beth, while she was still in…
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    June 8, 2016
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