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Essay Researching Jewish Sports On Monday, Douglas Stark wrote about the best Jewish basketball team ever. His new book, The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish… Douglas Stark August 17, 2011
Essay The Greatest Jewish Basketball Team Douglas Stark’s The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish Team is now available. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Douglas Stark August 15, 2011
Essay Contending with Catastrophe Posted by William SudryAs the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks approaches, the scars left by that tragedy linger and continue to remind. Americans of… William Sudry August 10, 2011
News Reference Find Posted by Dani Crickman Just found out about this beefy-looking reference collection on Jewish Americans–a new addition to an ongoing series from… Dani Crickman July 21, 2011
News Jewish American Heritage Month Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of Jewish American Heritage Month(May!), our friends over at Open Road Media passed along some greatcontent to recognize… Naomi Firestone-Teeter May 4, 2011
Essay Jewish-American Literature as Multicultural Literature Erika Dreifus January 17, 2011
Recommended Reading Iran meets Beverly Hills: Angella M. Nazarian Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn Angella M. Nazarian’s stunning new book Life As a Visitor she blends prose and poetry with memoir and visual arts.… JBC Staff April 13, 2010
Essay Based on a “True” Story In her last posts, Nora Rubel wrote about keeping kosher and “keeping Jewish”and Jewsteria Lane. She has been blogging all week for MyJewishLearning… Nora Rubel March 26, 2010
Essay Jewsteria Lane In her last post, Nora Rubel wrote about keeping kosher and “keeping Jewish”. She will be blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and… Nora Rubel March 25, 2010
Recommended Reading Presidents and Jews Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe New York Times posted an article yesterday on an upcoming title from Indiana University Press called Refugees and… Naomi Firestone-Teeter May 1, 2009
Essay Conversations on Jewish American Lit in the Blogosphere Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe “Slouching Towards Bushwick” blog outlines recent articles examining New American Jewish Literature, specifically… JBC Staff April 27, 2009
Recommended Reading Build Your JPS Library Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter Into series? Into JPS series? If so, you have much to look forward to in 2009! Three-yes THREE – new books are scheduled for… JBC Staff December 18, 2008
