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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: In the Land of the Living Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOkay, time to get excited people. We’re only two months away from the pub date of Sami Rohr Prize Winner Austin Ratner’s new novel In the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 25, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: A Nearly Perfect Copy Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterSami Rohr Prize finalist Allison Amend’s newest novel, A Nearly Perfect Copy, will be available in April from Nan A. Talese. In the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 16, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Trial of the Talmud Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Trial of the Talmud: Paris, 1240 (John Friedman, Jean Connell Hoff, Robert Chazan) presents primary texts (offered together in… Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 9, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Oral Pleasure Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn Oral Pleasure: Kosinski as Storyteller, published last month by Grove/Atlantic, Jerzy Kosinski’s late widow, Kikki, collects… Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 3, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Russ & Daughters Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThis has been a great year for Jewish-interest foodie books. From the The Mile End Cookbook and Jerusalem, to JBC… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 18, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Saul Steinberg Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterA New York Times Notable Book of 2012, National Book Award Winner Deirdre Bair’s latest work (published by Nan A. Talese)… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 11, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Tin Horse Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterNext month, Random House will publish Janice Steinberg’s latest work, The Tin Horse, which follows a family from the Jewish… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 4, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Jersusalem Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterFans of Yotam Ottolengthi’s cookbook Plenty will be pleased to know that his newest cookbook, Jerusalem, written with business… Naomi Firestone-Teeter November 27, 2012
Recommended Reading The Hare With Amber Eyes: The Illustrated Edition Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterFor those who haven’t jumped on the Edmund de Waal train yet, here’s your chance! Farrar, Straus and Giroux will be publishing the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 25, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Vaclav and Lena (Paperback) Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of Haley Tanner being named a 2012 “5 under 35” honoree by the National Book Foundation, this week’s “Book Cover of… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 27, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Young Gerber Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterFriedrich Torberg was born in Vienna in 1908 to a Jewish family, but was forced to emigrate to France in 1938 due to Nazi… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 19, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Jewish Radicals Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn Jewish Radicals: A Documentary History (published in July by NYU Press), Tony Michels explores the history of Jews and the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 11, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Approaching You in English Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterApproaching You in English, the first book to appear in English by noted Israeli poet Admiel Kosman, was published last year by… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 5, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: An Uncommon Education Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterElizabeth Percer’s debut novel, An Uncommon Education, was published this past May by Harper:Afraid of losing her parents at… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 29, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: In Beauty Bright Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterNational Jewish Book Award Winner Gerald Stern’s latest collection of poetry will be published next month by W. W. Norton: … Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 9, 2012
