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Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Boris Fishman Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIf you’re a loyal follower of the Jewish Book Council (and you obviously are), then you’re definitely already aware of Boris… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 16, 2015
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Yelena Akhtiorskaya Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterYesterday we spent a little time getting to know Sami Rohr Prize finalist Kenneth Bonert, author of The Lion Seeker. Today we hear… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 12, 2015
Essay Remaining Russian Through Food This week, Boris Fishman — the author of A Replacement Life, just released in paperback from HarperCollins—blogs for The Postscript on one of his favorite paragraphs… Boris Fishman January 27, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: A Replacement Life, in Paperback Posted by Nat BernsteinJBC Network author and National Jewish Book Award finalist Boris Fishman recently announced the release of a paperback edition of his… Nat Bernstein January 23, 2015
Essay Notes of Forgiveness: Part Two of a Two-Part Blog Yesterday, Maxim D. Shrayer wrote about young Jews lost in Leningrad. His latest book is Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story. He has been blogging here this week for… Maxim D. Shrayer November 25, 2014
Essay Young Jews Lost in Leningrad: Part One of a Two-Part Blog Maxim D. Shrayer is a bilingual writer and a professor at Boston College. Shrayer’s latest book is Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story, a finalist for… Maxim D. Shrayer November 24, 2014
Interview Interview: Yelena Akhtiorskaya by Nat BernsteinYelena Akhtiorskaya was recently named one of the National Book Foundation’s 2014 5 Under 35 Honorees. Her debut novel Panic in a Suitcase was… Nat Bernstein October 1, 2014
Nonfiction Jewish Luck: A True Story of Friendship, Deception, and Risky Business Meryll Levine Page and Leslie Levine Adler
Nonfiction Jewish Identities in Postcommunist Russia and Ukraine: An Uncertain Ethnicity Zvi Gitelman
