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Essay Book Cover of the Week: Second Person Singular Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterComing in April from Grove Press:Acclaimed novelist Sayed Kashua, the creator of the groundbreaking Israeli sitcom, “Arab Labor,”… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 7, 2012
Essay On Carrots and Fishes and Jewish Souls Eric Weiner’s new book, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine, is now available. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Eric Weiner February 6, 2012
Essay The Red Devil Earlier this week, Matthew Shaer wrote about the genesis of his book, Among Righteous Men, and divisions within the Crown Heights community. He has been blogging here… Matthew Shaer February 3, 2012
Essay A House Divided Matthew Shaer will be blogging here for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning all week.In my last blog post, I wrote about the genesis of my book, Among… Matthew Shaer February 1, 2012
Essay Returning to Crown Heights Matthew Shaer is the author of Among Righteous Men: A Tale of Vigilantes and Vindication in Hasidic Crown Heights. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book… Matthew Shaer January 30, 2012
Essay The Wedding Guest Liana Finck is adapting old Yiddish press self-help columns into a book. This week, she’s letting us peek behind the curtain at her source material. On… Liana Finck January 25, 2012
