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Essay A Magical Mother, Golems, and Surprising History Earlier this week, Donna Minkowitz wrote about how Judaism became the foundation for her memoir Growing Up Golem: How I Survived My Mother, Brooklyn, and Some… Donna Minkowitz September 18, 2013 Interview Interview: Dara Horn by Miriam Bradman Abrahams Speaking with Dara Horn on the phone felt like conversing with one of my brightest, most enthusiastic friends. Since I was the… Miriam Bradman Abrahams September 17, 2013 Essay What, I’m Jewish! You Want I Should Write a Happy Ending? This week, Allison Amend, the author of A Nearly Perfect Copy and the Sami Rohr Prize finalist Stations West, blogs for The Postscript on the endings and… Allison Amend September 17, 2013 Recommended Reading September 2013 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Miri: The Tin Horse (Janice Steinberg) | Carolyn: Hothouse (Boris Kachka)Naomi: The Property (Rutu Modan) | Suzanne: Sinners… JBC Staff September 16, 2013 Essay Who Wrote the Story of Abraham and Isaac? Last week, James Goodman wrote about God and child sacrifice and how he came to write about Abraham and the binding of Isaac. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb, is… James Goodman September 16, 2013 Essay Donna Minkowitz on How Judaism Became the Foundation of Her Memoir Donna Minkowitz’s most recent memoir, Growing Up Golem: How I Survived My Mother, Brooklyn, and Some Really Bad Dates, will be published by Magnus Books on… Donna Minkowitz September 16, 2013 Pagination Previous page Newer Current page353 Next page Older Pagination First page 1 … Page351 Page352 Current page353 Page354 Page355 … Last page 517
Essay A Magical Mother, Golems, and Surprising History Earlier this week, Donna Minkowitz wrote about how Judaism became the foundation for her memoir Growing Up Golem: How I Survived My Mother, Brooklyn, and Some… Donna Minkowitz September 18, 2013
Interview Interview: Dara Horn by Miriam Bradman Abrahams Speaking with Dara Horn on the phone felt like conversing with one of my brightest, most enthusiastic friends. Since I was the… Miriam Bradman Abrahams September 17, 2013
Essay What, I’m Jewish! You Want I Should Write a Happy Ending? This week, Allison Amend, the author of A Nearly Perfect Copy and the Sami Rohr Prize finalist Stations West, blogs for The Postscript on the endings and… Allison Amend September 17, 2013
Recommended Reading September 2013 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Miri: The Tin Horse (Janice Steinberg) | Carolyn: Hothouse (Boris Kachka)Naomi: The Property (Rutu Modan) | Suzanne: Sinners… JBC Staff September 16, 2013
Essay Who Wrote the Story of Abraham and Isaac? Last week, James Goodman wrote about God and child sacrifice and how he came to write about Abraham and the binding of Isaac. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb, is… James Goodman September 16, 2013
Essay Donna Minkowitz on How Judaism Became the Foundation of Her Memoir Donna Minkowitz’s most recent memoir, Growing Up Golem: How I Survived My Mother, Brooklyn, and Some Really Bad Dates, will be published by Magnus Books on… Donna Minkowitz September 16, 2013