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Hot Pants in Hollywood
Susan Sil­ver
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You Don’t Own Me
Orly Lobel
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Last Girl Before Freeway
Leslie Ben­netts
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In Many Waters
Ami Sands Brodoff
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We’ll Always Have Casablanca
Noah Isen­berg
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All the Sin­gle Ladies
Rebecca Traister
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Bron­të, Bey­on­cé, and the Case for Mediocre Adap­ta­tions of Great Literature

Inter­nal Dia­logue is a Jew­ish Book Coun­cil blog series on lit­er­ary trends, ideas, and dis­cus­sions of inter­est to Jew­ish read­ers and com­mu­ni­ty orga­niz­ers,…
Nat Bern­stein
December 2, 2016
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Steven Spiel­berg: A Life in Films
Molly Haskell
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Fas­ci­nat­ing: The Life of Leonard Nimoy
Richard Michelson; Edel Rodriguez, illus.
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Bar­bra Streisand: Redefin­ing Beau­ty, Fem­i­nin­i­ty, and Power
Neal Gabler
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The 7 Best Jew­ish Moments in Amer­i­can Sit­com History

Ear­li­er this week, Jen­nifer Keishin Arm­strong shared 6 things she learned about Jew­ish cul­ture from watch­ing Sein­feld. With the release of her book Sein­fel­dia: How…
Jen­nifer Keishen Armstrong
July 7, 2016
Essay

6 Things I Learned About Jew­ish Cul­ture from Seinfeld

Jen­nifer Keishin Arm­strong is the author of Sein­fel­dia: How a Show About Noth­ing Changed Every­thing, out this week from Simon & Schus­ter. Jen­nifer will be…
Jen­nifer Keishen Armstrong
July 4, 2016
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Sein­fel­dia
Jen­nifer Keishin Armstrong
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Swiped!
Adam Levin
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Sing for Your Life
Daniel Bergn­er
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Famous Nathan
Lloyd Handwerker with Gil Reavill
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