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JBC Staff Articles Interviews News Ah yes, the Jewish Question… Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLast week’s NYTimes Book Review section examined the “Jewish Question” in the following works:The Jewish Question: British… JBC Staff May 14, 2010 News Stray Questions for…Joshua Cohen Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJoshua Cohen at The Candlestick Readings in BrooklynJoshua Cohen (Witz) on The New York Times Paper Cuts Blog, where he… JBC Staff May 14, 2010 Essay More on Assaf Gavron… Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterDid you like Assaf Gavron’s posts on the blog last week (find them here)? If so, read more about his new novel, Almost… JBC Staff April 30, 2010 Recommended Reading It’s Earth Day! Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterHappy Earth Day! To celebrate, consider reading The Way into Judaism And the Environment (Jeremy Benstein). Benstein’s book… JBC Staff April 22, 2010 Essay The Oy of Yiddish Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThis week on Schott’s Vocab (a blog by Ben Schott for the NY Times), vocabularists were invited to pose questions to Michael Wex (Born to… JBC Staff April 15, 2010 News Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration! Come join us on on Monday, April 19th for the Dor Chadash Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration. Jewish Book Council is proud to be one of the sponsors for this… JBC Staff April 14, 2010 Recommended Reading Iran meets Beverly Hills: Angella M. Nazarian Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn Angella M. Nazarian’s stunning new book Life As a Visitor she blends prose and poetry with memoir and visual arts.… JBC Staff April 13, 2010 News Movies and Music plus Jewish Authors Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterTwo of our favorite authors delve into the world of film and music:Etgar Keret on adapting his work for the screen for… JBC Staff April 9, 2010 Recommended Reading Nine Fiction Writers and the Sabbath Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterA wonderful piece from Tablet, prompted by Judith Shulevitz’s new book The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of… JBC Staff March 19, 2010 Recommended Reading New Haggadah from the JDC Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLooking for a new Haggadah to enhance your Seder this year? Check out this new, beautiful Haggadah from the JDC: In Every… JBC Staff March 18, 2010 Essay Is Alexander Portnoy Bad for the Jews? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIs Alexander Portnoy bad for the Jews?Jason Diamond, editor of Jewcy.com, explores the question:Alex Portnoy: fictional… JBC Staff March 15, 2010 Excerpt Steve Stern’s The Frozen Rabbi Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThis is week one of Tablet’s serialization of novelist Steve Stern’s forthcoming The Frozen Rabbi (Algonquin Books). Read… JBC Staff March 1, 2010 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 14 Next page ›› News 2019 National Jewish Book Award Auction February 19, 2020
News Ah yes, the Jewish Question… Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLast week’s NYTimes Book Review section examined the “Jewish Question” in the following works:The Jewish Question: British… JBC Staff May 14, 2010
News Stray Questions for…Joshua Cohen Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJoshua Cohen at The Candlestick Readings in BrooklynJoshua Cohen (Witz) on The New York Times Paper Cuts Blog, where he… JBC Staff May 14, 2010
Essay More on Assaf Gavron… Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterDid you like Assaf Gavron’s posts on the blog last week (find them here)? If so, read more about his new novel, Almost… JBC Staff April 30, 2010
Recommended Reading It’s Earth Day! Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterHappy Earth Day! To celebrate, consider reading The Way into Judaism And the Environment (Jeremy Benstein). Benstein’s book… JBC Staff April 22, 2010
Essay The Oy of Yiddish Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThis week on Schott’s Vocab (a blog by Ben Schott for the NY Times), vocabularists were invited to pose questions to Michael Wex (Born to… JBC Staff April 15, 2010
News Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration! Come join us on on Monday, April 19th for the Dor Chadash Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration. Jewish Book Council is proud to be one of the sponsors for this… JBC Staff April 14, 2010
Recommended Reading Iran meets Beverly Hills: Angella M. Nazarian Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn Angella M. Nazarian’s stunning new book Life As a Visitor she blends prose and poetry with memoir and visual arts.… JBC Staff April 13, 2010
News Movies and Music plus Jewish Authors Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterTwo of our favorite authors delve into the world of film and music:Etgar Keret on adapting his work for the screen for… JBC Staff April 9, 2010
Recommended Reading Nine Fiction Writers and the Sabbath Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterA wonderful piece from Tablet, prompted by Judith Shulevitz’s new book The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of… JBC Staff March 19, 2010
Recommended Reading New Haggadah from the JDC Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLooking for a new Haggadah to enhance your Seder this year? Check out this new, beautiful Haggadah from the JDC: In Every… JBC Staff March 18, 2010
Essay Is Alexander Portnoy Bad for the Jews? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIs Alexander Portnoy bad for the Jews?Jason Diamond, editor of Jewcy.com, explores the question:Alex Portnoy: fictional… JBC Staff March 15, 2010
Excerpt Steve Stern’s The Frozen Rabbi Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThis is week one of Tablet’s serialization of novelist Steve Stern’s forthcoming The Frozen Rabbi (Algonquin Books). Read… JBC Staff March 1, 2010
