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Essay

Joan­na Rakoff: Par­al­lel Lives

In her last blog, Joan­na Rakoff wrote about how, in her own way, Jane Austen wrote about being an under­cov­er Jew­ish writer. Lau­rie Col­win was, in…
Joan­na Rakoff
July 28, 2009
Essay

Joan­na Rakoff: The French Revolution

Joan­na Rakoff, author of A For­tu­nate Age and for­mer edi­tor of Next​book​.org, is guest-blog­ging for MyJew­ish­Learn­ing and the Jew­ish…
Joan­na Rakoff
July 27, 2009
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Ariel Sabar: A Time to Put Aside the Armor

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterAriel Sabar, author of My Father’s Par­adise: A Son’s Search for His Jew­ish Past in Kur­dish Iraq, wrote an essay for last…
JBC Staff
July 20, 2009
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Holo­caust Nov­el Com­ing Soon from Author of Life of Pie

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterLife of Pi author Yann Mar­tel just sold the rights to his third book to Spiegel & Grau. The new book is an alle­go­ry about the…
JBC Staff
July 20, 2009
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David Plotz: Why Is Judaism Such a Failure?

In his last blog, David Plotz, author of Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilar­i­ous, Dis­turb­ing, Mar­velous, and Inspir­ing Things I Learned When I Read Every Sin­gle…
David Plotz
July 17, 2009
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A Mod­ern Men’s Torah Commentary

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterDebra Nuss­baum Cohen post­ed on the For­ward​‘s Sis­ter­hood Blog this week about a forth­com­ing book from Jew­ish Lights…
JBC Staff
July 17, 2009
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