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JBC Staff Articles Interviews Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Day: The Ask Coming out in paperback on March 1st… JBC Staff February 2, 2011 News London’s Jewish Book Week For those of you who are (lucky) Londoners, now is the time to buy your tickets for London’s 2011 Jewish Book Week (Feb. 26th-March 6th). This year’s sessions… JBC Staff January 6, 2011 News Countdown to Blue Nude Our Twitter Book Club with Elizabeth Rosner, author of Blue Nude, is only a week and a day away. We hope you’ve had the chance to get your hands on the… JBC Staff January 4, 2011 News Tree of Codes Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterVanity Fair interviews Jonathan Safran Foer’s on his latest…Tree of Codes:Tree of Codes was created by slicing out chunks of text from… JBC Staff November 15, 2010 Recommended Reading The Power of Half Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Jewish Book Council has been spreading the good (book) word down here in New Orleans. This morning we had the pleasure of presenting… JBC Staff November 8, 2010 Excerpt Excerpt from Yael Hedaya’s Eden Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe fall issue of Zeek is now available! The newest issue features fiction from Yael Goldstein Love. Also, check out an… JBC Staff October 19, 2010 Recommended Reading Favorite Fictional Jewish Characters Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of Rosh Hashanah (and in time for Yom Kippur), The Huffington Post (and HuffPost readers) share their favorite Jewish… JBC Staff September 16, 2010 News Rabbi Harvey Interviews Gary Shteyngart Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterRabbi Harvey interviews Gary Shteyngart (Super Sad True Love Story) for JBooks.com here.And, check out the trailer for Super… JBC Staff July 20, 2010 News Israeli Flash Fiction Reviewed on Words Without Borders Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIsrael novelist and short-story writer Alex Epstein’s flash fiction collection, Blue Has No South, is reviewed by Jonathan Blitzer… JBC Staff June 24, 2010 Essay Gary Shteyngart writes fiction for The New Yorker Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAmong his many other achievements, Gary Shteyngart was just named one of The New Yorker‘s 20 under 40 fiction writers. Check out his… JBC Staff June 14, 2010 News When the Hurricane Came to New Orleans Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterHeidi Estrin, of the Book of Life podcast, spoke with Nechama Liss-Levinson, author of When the Hurricane Came to New Orleans, which… JBC Staff June 3, 2010 News Shavuot Link Round-Up Dear Readers-Happy Shavuot from the Jewish Book Council!Shavuot coverage and FAQs from TabletWhat Shavuot Teaches Us About Women on… JBC Staff May 18, 2010 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 13 Next page ›› News 2019 National Jewish Book Award Auction February 19, 2020
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Day: The Ask Coming out in paperback on March 1st… JBC Staff February 2, 2011
News London’s Jewish Book Week For those of you who are (lucky) Londoners, now is the time to buy your tickets for London’s 2011 Jewish Book Week (Feb. 26th-March 6th). This year’s sessions… JBC Staff January 6, 2011
News Countdown to Blue Nude Our Twitter Book Club with Elizabeth Rosner, author of Blue Nude, is only a week and a day away. We hope you’ve had the chance to get your hands on the… JBC Staff January 4, 2011
News Tree of Codes Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterVanity Fair interviews Jonathan Safran Foer’s on his latest…Tree of Codes:Tree of Codes was created by slicing out chunks of text from… JBC Staff November 15, 2010
Recommended Reading The Power of Half Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Jewish Book Council has been spreading the good (book) word down here in New Orleans. This morning we had the pleasure of presenting… JBC Staff November 8, 2010
Excerpt Excerpt from Yael Hedaya’s Eden Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe fall issue of Zeek is now available! The newest issue features fiction from Yael Goldstein Love. Also, check out an… JBC Staff October 19, 2010
Recommended Reading Favorite Fictional Jewish Characters Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of Rosh Hashanah (and in time for Yom Kippur), The Huffington Post (and HuffPost readers) share their favorite Jewish… JBC Staff September 16, 2010
News Rabbi Harvey Interviews Gary Shteyngart Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterRabbi Harvey interviews Gary Shteyngart (Super Sad True Love Story) for JBooks.com here.And, check out the trailer for Super… JBC Staff July 20, 2010
News Israeli Flash Fiction Reviewed on Words Without Borders Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIsrael novelist and short-story writer Alex Epstein’s flash fiction collection, Blue Has No South, is reviewed by Jonathan Blitzer… JBC Staff June 24, 2010
Essay Gary Shteyngart writes fiction for The New Yorker Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAmong his many other achievements, Gary Shteyngart was just named one of The New Yorker‘s 20 under 40 fiction writers. Check out his… JBC Staff June 14, 2010
News When the Hurricane Came to New Orleans Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterHeidi Estrin, of the Book of Life podcast, spoke with Nechama Liss-Levinson, author of When the Hurricane Came to New Orleans, which… JBC Staff June 3, 2010
News Shavuot Link Round-Up Dear Readers-Happy Shavuot from the Jewish Book Council!Shavuot coverage and FAQs from TabletWhat Shavuot Teaches Us About Women on… JBC Staff May 18, 2010
