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    Essay

    Joel Chas­noff report­ing from…Louisville

    Joel Chas­noff has been blog­ging his NET­WORK for the JBC here, here, and here. His most recent post can be found below.My sched­ule for today, which…
    Joel Chas­noff
    November 4, 2010
    Essay

    Cry­ba­bies in the Israeli Army

    Joel Chas­noff (The 188th Cry­ba­by Brigade) has been blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil on his Jew­ish Book NET­WORK tour. Missed the first two? Check them…
    Joel Chas­noff
    November 3, 2010
    Essay

    10 Tips to Cope with the Great Man­hat­tan Shrink Exo­dus of 2010

    Ear­li­er this week, Rachel Shuk­ert blogged about Mad Men, Lenny Bruce style and her sta­tus as a Zion­ist secret agent. Her new…
    Rachel Shuk­ert
    August 13, 2010
    Essay

    Rachel Shuk­ert, Zion­ist Secret Agent

    On Mon­day, Rachel Shuk­ert blogged on Mad Men, Lenny Bruce style. Below is her satir­i­cal short fic­tion response to some par­tic­u­lar­ly egre­gious com­ments…
    Rachel Shuk­ert
    August 11, 2010
    Essay

    Joan Holloway’s Tushy is Jewish

    Rachel Shuk­ert is the author of the mem­oir Every­thing Is Going To Be Great. She will be blog­ging all this week for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and My…
    Rachel Shuk­ert
    August 9, 2010
    Essay

    The Sev­en Roads to Hell (or: Dante’s Infer­no adapt­ed for Chas­sidic Jews)

    Goldie Gold­bloom is the author of Toads’ Muse­um of Freaks and Won­ders, a nov­el about Ital­ian pris­on­ers of war in Aus­tralia dur­ing World War II. She will be…
    Goldie Gold­bloom
    March 8, 2010
    Essay

    The Stage vs. the Page

    In his last posts Joel Chas­noff, author of The 188th Cry­ba­by Brigade: A Skin­ny Jew­ish Kid from Chica­go Fights Hezbol­lah: A Mem­oir, wrote about…
    Joel Chas­noff
    February 12, 2010
    Essay

    Melis­sa Broder’s Pen Pal #2

    In her last posts, Melis­sa Broder con­duct­ed a ​“Jew­ish vs. Goy­ish lit­mus test” for the year in review, shared the B‑Sides of her…
    Melis­sa Broder
    January 29, 2010
    Essay

    Melis­sa Broder’s Pen Pal # 1

    In her last posts, Melis­sa Broder con­duct­ed a ​“Jew­ish vs. Goy­ish lit­mus test” for the year in review, shared the B‑Sides of her…
    Melis­sa Broder
    January 28, 2010
    Essay

    Famous Jews You Went to Hebrew School With

    In her last posts, Melis­sa Broder con­duct­ed a ​“Jew­ish vs. Goy­ish lit­mus test” for the year in review and shared the B‑Sides of her…
    Melis­sa Broder
    January 27, 2010
    Essay

    Jew­ish vs. Goy­ish: The Year in Review

    Melis­sa Broder, author of the forth­com­ing When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Moth­er (Feb­ru­ary 6th), is guest-blog­ging all week…
    Melis­sa Broder
    January 25, 2010
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    Is a Drag­on Kosher?

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterJew​cy​.com takes a look at Ann and Jeff Vandermeer’s forth­com­ing The Kosher Guide to Imag­i­nary Ani­mals: The Evil…
    JBC Staff
    January 7, 2010
    Recommended Reading

    Ah…finally…more Shalom Auslander

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterAs big Shalom Aus­lan­der fans over here (Beware of God and Foreskin’s Lament) we were thrilled to get this update from Tablet…
    JBC Staff
    January 7, 2010
    Essay

    First There was A.J., and Then There Was Benyamin…now…DAVID

    JBC Staff
    November 6, 2008
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    Libi Adler
    November 6, 2008
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