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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
Recommended Reading 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
Recommended Reading 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