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    Poem as a Noisy Mediter­ranean Duplex

    Jake Marmer is the author of Jazz Tal­mud. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.About a decade ago I read a Bil­ly…
    Jake Marmer
    January 3, 2012
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    From Scratch

    Ear­li­er this week, Stan­ley Gins­berg wrote about the mean­ing of a Jew­ish bak­ery and the sweet and sour sides of life for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
    Stan­ley Ginsberg
    December 30, 2011
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    Sweet and Sour

    On Mon­day, Stan­ley Gins­berg talked about the mean­ing of a Jew­ish bak­ery. He will be blog­ging here for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing all week.In…
    Stan­ley Ginsberg
    December 28, 2011
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    What Is a ​“Jew­ish Bakery”?

    Stan­ley Gins­berg, a native of Brook­lyn, grew up in a close-knit neigh­bor­hood where gen­er­a­tions lived side by side. He learned to cook and bake from his…
    Stan­ley Ginsberg
    December 26, 2011
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    Adven­tures in the Car­toon Trade: Israel, US, and Every­where Else

    Ear­li­er this week, Richard Codor wrote about his car­toon edu­ca­tion and how he came to write Too Many Latkes! He has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book…
    Richard Codor
    December 23, 2011
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    Too Many Latkes!: Twen­ty Years in the Making

    On Mon­day, Richard Codor wrote about his car­toon edu­ca­tion. Check back on Fri­day for his final post.The idea for Too Many Latkes! came from one of my fond­est…
    Richard Codor
    December 21, 2011
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