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The Bar Mitz­vah and The Beast: One Fam­i­ly’s Cross-Coun­try Ride of Pas­sage by Bike
Matt Biers-Ariel
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I Suck at Girls
Justin Halpern
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Dan Gets a Mini­van: Life at the Inter­sec­tion of Dude and Dad
Dan Zevin
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The Dan­ger­ous Ani­mals Club
Stephen Tobolowsky
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Jew­ish Jocks: An Unortho­dox Hall of Fame
Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy, eds.
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The Last Tes­ta­ment: A Mem­oir by God
David Javerbaum
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Yid­dishe Mamas: The Truth about the Jew­ish Mother
Marnie Winston-Macauley
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Friend­keep­ing
Julie Klam
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Loose Diamonds…and Oth­er Things I’ve Lost (and Found) Along the Way
Amy Ephron
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We Killed: The Rise of Women in Amer­i­can Comedy
Yael Kohen
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Fun­ny: The Book: Every­thing You Always Want­ed To Know About Comedy
David Misch
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The Lost Afikomen

Moshe Kash­er is a stand-up come­di­an and the author of Kash­er In The Rye: The True Tale Of A White Boy From Oak­land Who Became A Drug Addict, Crim­i­nal,…
Moshe Kash­er
April 5, 2012
Essay

Moshe Kash­er Responds to Critics

Moshe Kash­er is the author of Kash­er in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oak­land Who Became a Drug Addict, Crim­i­nal, Men­tal Patient, and Then Turned 16.…
Moshe Kash­er
April 3, 2012
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Most of Me: Sur­viv­ing My Med­ical Meltdown
Robyn Michele Levy
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Just Say Nu: Yid­dish For Every Occa­sion (When Eng­lish Just Won’t Do)
Michael Wex
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Man­less in Mont­clair; How a Hap­pi­ly Mar­ried Woman Became a Wid­ow Look­ing for Love in the Wilds of Suburbia
Amy Holman Edelman
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