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    I See You Made an Effort: Com­pli­ments, Indig­ni­ties, and Sur­vival Sto­ries from the Edge of 50
    Annabelle Gur­witch
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    How to Suc­ceed in Busi­ness with­out Real­ly Crying
    Car­ol Leifer
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    Can’t We Talk About Some­thing More Pleasant?
    Roz Chast
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    Passover Par­o­dies: Short Plays for the Seder Table
    Shoshana Hantman
    Essay

    Yes, Vir­ginia. There IS a Jew­ish Pres­i­dent: Jews in Politics

    Ear­li­er this week, Emi­ly Stone wrote about Jews and Hol­ly­wood (have you tak­en her quiz ​“It’s True-ish, They’re Jew­ish!”?) and Jews and sports (have you tak­en her quiz…
    Emi­ly Stone
    February 28, 2014
    Essay

    Six Degrees of Kevin’s Bacon: Who’s Jew­ish in Hollywood?

    Ear­li­er this week, Emi­ly Stone wrote about Jews and sports (have you tak­en her quiz ​“Ath­lete or Math­lete?”). Her book, Did Jew Know: A Handy Primer on the Cus­toms,…
    Emi­ly Stone
    February 26, 2014
    Essay

    Jew Need to Know: Phys Ed

    Born in New Orleans and raised in Brook­lyn, Emi­ly Stone is a writer and a yoga teacher liv­ing in New York City. Her book, Did Jew Know: A Handy Primer on the…
    Emi­ly Stone
    February 24, 2014
    Essay

    Fak­ing the Big A — Attitude!

    Ear­li­er this week, Tamar Caspi wrote about find­ing her Jew­ish­ness. She is an advice colum­nist for JDate and has a syn­di­cat­ed col­umn that has been pub­lished around…
    Tamar Caspi
    January 22, 2014
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    Find­ing Gor­don Lipshitz
    Shane Finkel­stein
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    SLIMED! An Oral His­to­ry of Nick­elodeon’s Gold­en Age
    Math­ew Klickstein
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    What Nora Knew
    Lin­da Yellin
    Essay

    Is ​“Shmuk” a Dirty Word?

    Ear­li­er this week, Josh Lam­bert wrote about how pub­li­ca­tions han­dle obscen­i­ties and how he came to write his newest book, Unclean Lips: Obscen­i­ty, Jews, and…
    Josh Lam­bert
    December 19, 2013
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    Eight Nights of Snicket

    Read all of the posts in our Eight Nights of Sto­ries series here.The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Scream­ing: A Christ­mas Sto­ry by Lemo­ny Snick­et; Lisa Brown, illus.On…
    JBC Staff
    November 11, 2013
    Essay

    Eight Ways to Lose Weight on Chanukah

    Jamie Geller’s new cook­book, Joy of Kosher (William Mor­row), is now avail­able. Read her pre­vi­ous posts for the Vis­it­ing Scribe here. She is blog­ging here today for…
    Jamie Geller
    October 15, 2013
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    I’m New at Being Old
    Lucy Rose Fischer
    Essay

    The Walk­ing Jew­ish Exhibitionists

    Ear­li­er this week, Slash Cole­man wrote about the first Jew­ish super­hero in his fam­i­ly. His mem­oir, The Bohemi­an Love Diaries, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging…
    Slash Cole­man
    August 29, 2013
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