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Essay A House Divided Matthew Shaer will be blogging here for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning all week.In my last blog post, I wrote about the genesis of my book, Among… Matthew Shaer February 1, 2012
Essay Returning to Crown Heights Matthew Shaer is the author of Among Righteous Men: A Tale of Vigilantes and Vindication in Hasidic Crown Heights. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book… Matthew Shaer January 30, 2012
Nonfiction Landmark of the Spirit: The Eldridge Street Synagogue Annie Pollard; Bill Moyers, fwd.
Nonfiction At The Edge of a Dream: The Story of Jewish Immigrants on New York’s Lower East Side: 1880 – 1920 Lawrence J. Epstein
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Archaeology of Home Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAfter a long week, this was a breath of fresh air:The Archaeology of Home: An Epic Set on a Thousand Square Feet of the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter November 17, 2011
Visual Arts A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of The Forward Alana Newhouse
Nonfiction Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Meshugas of the Yiddish Theater in America Stephen Kanfer
Nonfiction The World in a City: Traveling the Globe Through the Neighborhoods of the New New York Joseph Berger
Nonfiction The Arrogant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn Lucette Lagnado