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    Dani Shapiro is the author of the mem­oir Devo­tion. She will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.Eight years…
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    In his last posts, Assaf Gavron wrote about hang­ing out in the West Bank, moon­light­ing as an Israeli mover in New York City and about Israeli…
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    On Mon­day, Assaf Gavron wrote about moon­light­ing as an Israeli mover in New York City. His most recent book, Almost Dead, is now avail­able. He’s blog­ging…
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