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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Jane Austen Cover to Cover Posted by Nat BernsteinThere’s nothing so thrilling as finding an intriguing edition of a book you love from who-knows-when to take home with you and place next to the… Nat Bernstein September 19, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: From Bombolini to Bagel Posted by Nat BernsteinHaving worked with Jacqueline Gmach in her role coordinating the San Diego Jewish Book Fair for many years, the Jewish Book Council was thrilled… Nat Bernstein September 10, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. Posted by Nat BernsteinI revisited Adelle Waldman’s debut novel over Labor Day, recommending The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. to a friend who sadly experienced… Nat Bernstein September 5, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: In the Spirit of Homebirth Posted by Nat BernsteinWhether homebirthing is your steez or not, there’s no denying the delight of this book cover:In the Spirit of Homebirth: Modern Women, an… Nat Bernstein August 20, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Terrible Beauty of the Evil Man Posted by Nat BernsteinKodesh Press held a special Tu b’Av sale of some of their newest titles, including The Terrible Beauty of the Evil Man, a memoir… Nat Bernstein August 14, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: What We Brought Back Posted by Nat BernsteinAs summer programs and, God willing, this summer’s war between Israel and Hamas draw to a close, one has to wonder at the experiences of the… Nat Bernstein August 7, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry Posted by Nat BernsteinThis week at the farmers market I marveled at the fresh currants currently in season: spherical crimson and blush-colored jewels on… Nat Bernstein July 30, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Language of Paradise Posted by Nat BernsteinThe microcosm encased within a glass terrarium on the book cover for Barbara Klein Moss’s forthcoming novel The Language of… Nat Bernstein July 25, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Nest Posted by Chava LanskyNest by Esther Ehrlich tells the story of Naomi “Chirp” Orenstein, a young girl living on Cape Cod in the 1970s. When Chip’s beloved mother… Chava Lansky July 16, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: On Bittersweet Place Posted by Chava LanskyThe floating house on the cover of Ronna Wineberg’s new novel, On Bitterwsweet Place shows the struggle and the lack of belonging that… Chava Lansky July 8, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Tomorrow There Will be Apricots Posted by Chava LanskyIn Tomorrow There Will be Apricots Jessica Soffer tells the story of two women adrift in New York City: one an almost orphan and the second… Chava Lansky July 1, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Baroness Posted by Chava LanskyHannah Rothschild’s 2012 book The Baroness is an expose of her great-aunt Nica, the “rebellious Rothschild,” a woman who lived out her years… Chava Lansky June 24, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Kraus Project Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn The Kraus Project: Essays by Karl Kraus, Jonathan Franzen gives new voice to the great nineteenth-century European critic Karl Kraus.… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 3, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Pascin by Joann Sfar Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJoann Sfar’s biography of the Jewish modernist painter Pascin (Julius Mordecai Pincas) will soon be available in the U.S. with… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 25, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThis irresistible collection of stories by Stefan Zweig (translated by Anthea Bell) will be published by Pushkin Press in November… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 6, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Gallery of Vanished Husbands Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPast Twitter Book Club author Natasha Solomons’s new novel, The Gallery of Vanished Husbands, will be published in August by… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 26, 2013
