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    Essay

    Can We Print ​“Moth­er­fuck­er” Here?

    Yes­ter­day, Josh Lam­bert wrote about how he came to write his newest book, Unclean Lips: Obscen­i­ty, Jews, and Amer­i­can Cul­ture (NYU Press). He will be blog­ging here all…
    Josh Lam­bert
    December 17, 2013
    Essay

    How Did You Come to Write That Book, Anyway?

    Josh Lam­bert is the Aca­d­e­m­ic Direc­tor of the Yid­dish Book Cen­ter and as Vis­it­ing Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mass­a­chu­setts, Amherst.…
    Josh Lam­bert
    December 16, 2013
    Essay

    Is Revenge Justice?

    Ear­li­er this week, Har­ri­et Ros­set­to wrote about her recent­ly pub­lished spir­i­tu­al mem­oir Sacred House­keep­ing and Beit T’Shu­vah, a faith-based recov­ery…
    Har­ri­et Rossetto
    December 13, 2013
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    Hap­py Mer­ry Christ­mas, Ma’am! On Being Jew­ish in a Strange Land

    Ear­li­er this week, Jen­ny Fel­don wrote about becom­ing an acci­den­tal house­wife and how to ignore the labels. She is the author of the recent­ly pub­lished Kar­ma Gone Bad:…
    Jen­ny Feldon
    December 12, 2013
    Essay

    You Don’t Have to Be an Addict to Be in Recovery

    Har­ri­et Ros­set­to is a rebel spir­it. She is a self-pro­fessed mis­fit who felt she was oper­at­ing her life on the fringe. It is there that she found her fierce…
    Har­ri­et Rossetto
    December 11, 2013
    Essay

    How I Became an Acci­den­tal House­wife — and Ignored the Labels

    Jen­ny Fel­don is the author of Kar­ma Gone Bad: How I Learned to Love Man­goes, Bol­ly­wood and Water Buf­fa­lo and was named one of BlogHer’s Voic­es of the Year in 2012.…
    Jen­ny Feldon
    December 10, 2013
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