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    Essay

    On Car­rots and Fish­es and Jew­ish Souls

    Eric Wein­er​’s new book, Man Seeks God: My Flir­ta­tions with the Divine, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
    Eric Wein­er
    February 6, 2012
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    Non­fic­tion
    City Guide Tel Aviv
    Dalit Nemirovsky
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    Among the Right­eous: Lost Sto­ries from the Holo­caust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands
    Robert Satloff
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    Non­fic­tion
    Life as a Visitor
    Angella M. Nazarian
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    Lar­ry’s Kidney
    Daniel Asa Rose
    Essay

    Just Like Com­rade Karl Marx

    Ear­li­er this week, Michael Levy wrote about Jews and Chi­nese food and what Chi­nese peo­ple think about Jews. He has been blog­ging all week for…
    Michael Levy
    August 12, 2011
    Essay

    What Chi­nese Peo­ple Think about Jews

    On Mon­day, Michael Levy wrote about Jews and Chi­nese Food. He is the author of Kosher Chi­nese: Liv­ing, Teach­ing, and Eat­ing with China’s Oth­er…
    Michael Levy
    August 10, 2011
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    JBC Book­shelf: Fall Travel

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterThis fall, trav­el through his­to­ry with lit­er­a­ture: Vivian Gor­nick presents a por­trait of an ear­ly 20th cen­tu­ry rad­i­cal icon;…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    August 9, 2011
    Essay

    The Wan­der­ing Jew and The Yeti

    C. Alexan­der Lon­don is the author of We Are Not Eat­en By Yaks: An Acci­den­tal Adven­ture, and the forth­com­ing sequel, We Dine With Can­ni­bals. As Charles…
    Charles Lon­don
    May 23, 2011
    Essay

    Read­ing for a Long Plane Ride

    Post­ed by Dani CrickmanJBC is off to Israel for next week’s Jerusalem Inter­na­tion­al Book Fair, and I’m fac­ing my usu­al pack­ing dilem­ma: how to cram all the books…
    Dani Crick­man
    February 18, 2011
    Essay

    Tunisia, Whites­nake, and My Top Ten Favorite Jews of All Time

    Michael David Lukas’ first book, The Ora­cle of Stam­boul, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
    Michael David Lukas
    February 14, 2011
    Essay

    Day After Night: The Book Tour

    In her last posts, Ani­ta Dia­mant wrote about the cov­er of her newest nov­el Day After Night and about where she gets her ideas from.I will be on…
    Ani­ta Diamant
    September 11, 2009
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    The Most Dan­ger­ous Con­tra­band of All

    In his last blogs, Charles Lon­don talked about a col­lect­ed Jew­ish muse­um and the Abayu­daya Jews of Ugan­da.The ancient Israelites and…
    Charles Lon­don
    August 14, 2009
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