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    Cover of The Marriage Box
    Fic­tion
    The Mar­riage Box
    Corie Adj­mi
    Essay

    Broad­en­ing Rep­re­sen­ta­tion of Jew­ish Life One Sto­ry at a Time

    Corie Adj­mi
    May 1, 2023
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    Fic­tion
    The Dress­mak­ers of Prospect Heights
    Kit­ty Zeldis
    Cover of Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous
    Chil­dren’s
    Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous
    Audrey Ades, Vivien Mildenberger (illus.)
    Cover of The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America
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    The Inevitable City: The Resur­gence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America
    Scott Cowen
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    My New Orleans, Gone Away
    Peter Wolf
    Essay

    A Still, Small Voice

    Yes­ter­day, Lenore Weiss wrote about her deci­sion to move from Oak­land, Cal­i­for­nia to Mon­roe, Louisiana. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
    Lenore Weiss
    October 3, 2012
    Essay

    Love is the Answer

    Lenore Weiss​’s most recent col­lec­tion, Cut­ting Down the Last Tree on East­er Island, is now avail­able. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
    Lenore Weiss
    October 2, 2012
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: The Fish That Ate the Whale

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIn June, Far­rar, Straus and Giroux will pub­lish Rich Cohen’s lat­est book: The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of Amer­i­ca’s…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    February 21, 2012
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    When the Hur­ri­cane Came to New Orleans

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterHei­di Estrin, of the Book of Life pod­cast, spoke with Nechama Liss-Levin­son, author of When the Hur­ri­cane Came to New Orleans, which…
    JBC Staff
    June 3, 2010

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