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Mar­tin Gang

Glenn Frankel
February 10, 2017
Essay

Dore Schary

Glenn Frankel
February 8, 2017
Essay

The Jews of the Blacklist

Glenn Frankel
February 6, 2017
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Non­fic­tion
Jews in the Los Ange­les Mosaic
Karen S. Wilson, ed.
Cover of Serenade: A Memoir of Music and Love from Vienna and Prague to Los Angeles, 1927 to World War II to 2012
Non­fic­tion
Ser­e­nade: A Mem­oir of Music and Love from Vien­na and Prague to Los Ange­les, 1927 to World War II to 2012
Car­ol Jean Delmar
Essay

The Last Jew of Boyle Heights

Ear­li­er this week, Jan­ice Stein­berg wrote about ​“Djew­ess Unchained,” the Song of the Sea, and Yid­dish inflect­ed Eng­lish and the audio­book ver­sion of her nov­el The Tin…
Jan­ice Steinberg
February 1, 2013
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L.A. Noir: The Strug­gle for the Soul of Amer­i­ca’s Most Seduc­tive City
John Buntin
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Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIn Angel­la M. Nazarian’s stun­ning new book Life As a Vis­i­tor she blends prose and poet­ry with mem­oir and visu­al arts.…
JBC Staff
April 13, 2010
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