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Nonfiction Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture: Jewish Interpretation and Controversy in Medieval Languedoc Gregg Stern
Nonfiction Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family, Fatherland, and Vichy France Carmen Callil
Children’s The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Saved Jews During the Holocaust Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix
Essay Great Women, Cut Short Trina Robbins is the author of the just-released Lily Renee: Escape Artist, the Jewish superhero comic book GoGirl, and tons of other books.Today I’m… Trina Robbins October 25, 2011
Nonfiction Reconstructing Ashkenaz: The Human Face of Franco-German Jewry, 1000 – 1250 David Malkiel
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Dreyfus Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe paperback edition of Ruth Harris’s Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century (2010 National Jewish… Naomi Firestone-Teeter June 14, 2011
Essay Jews in Odd Places Allison Amend is the author of the novel Stations West. She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning’s… Allison Amend June 14, 2010
Essay Joanna Rakoff: The French Revolution Joanna Rakoff, author of A Fortunate Age and former editor of Nextbook.org, is guest-blogging for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish… Joanna Rakoff July 27, 2009
