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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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    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
    Recommended Reading

    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
    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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