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Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterWe were over­whelmed with amaz­ing Jew­ish books and authors in 2014, and, con­sid­er­ing the pile of 2015 books already tow­er­ing on our…

Rab­bi Joshua Eli Plaut, PhD is the author of A Kosher Christ­mas: ​’Tis the Sea­son to Be Jew­ish (Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty Press). Vis­it his web site and sea­son­al blog at…

Ear­li­er this week, Adam Rovn­er wrote about what he thinks would have been the most viable Zion out­side of Israel and top five alter­na­tive Jew­ish home­lands that he did­n’t…

Ear­li­er this week, Matthue Roth wrote about why authors like to tor­ture peo­ple they love. He has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s Vis­it­ing Scribe…

Ear­li­er this week, Adam Rovn­er wrote about the top five alter­na­tive Jew­ish home­lands that he did­n’t explore in his new book, In the Shad­ow of Zion: Promised Lands…

Matthue Roth​’s first book, Nev­er Mind the Gold­bergs, was a NYPL Best Book for the Teen Age and an ALA Best Books nom­i­nee. His lat­est is The Gob­blings, illus­trat­ed…