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Essay Happy Merry Christmas, Ma’am! On Being Jewish in a Strange Land Earlier this week, Jenny Feldon wrote about becoming an accidental housewife and how to ignore the labels. She is the author of the recently published Karma Gone Bad:… Jenny Feldon December 12, 2013
Essay You Don’t Have to Be an Addict to Be in Recovery Harriet Rossetto is a rebel spirit. She is a self-professed misfit who felt she was operating her life on the fringe. It is there that she found her fierce… Harriet Rossetto December 11, 2013
Essay How I Became an Accidental Housewife — and Ignored the Labels Jenny Feldon is the author of Karma Gone Bad: How I Learned to Love Mangoes, Bollywood and Water Buffalo and was named one of BlogHer’s Voices of the Year in 2012.… Jenny Feldon December 10, 2013
Essay Notes from a Conversation with Dovid Katz: Part Two Earlier this week, Kenneth Bonert, author of the novel The Lion Seeker (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), shared some notes from the first part of his conversation with… Kenneth Bonert December 5, 2013
Essay Notes from a Conversation with Dovid Katz: Part One Kenneth Bonert’s fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s, Grain, and the Fiddlehead, and his journalism has appeared in the Globe and Mail and other publications. His… Kenneth Bonert December 3, 2013
Essay What’s New About Hanukkah? Dianne Ashton is professor of religion studies and the former director of American studies at Rowan University. Her most recent book, Hanukkah in America:… Dianne Ashton November 26, 2013
