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Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Lisa Moses Leff Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff March 23, 2016
Interview Interview: Dina Gold with Maron L. WaxmanAmid its account of the legal battle to recover ownership — or at least the recognition of ownership — of the building at Krausenstrasse… Maron L. Waxman March 22, 2016
Interview Interview: A. J. Sidransky with Barbara M. BibelA. J. Sidransky’s novels Forgiving Máximo Rothman and Forgiving Mariela Camacho combine history and mystery to provide readers with… Barbara M. Bibel March 15, 2016
Interview Interview: Devra Lehmann with Michal Hoschander MalenDevra Lehmann is the author of Spinoza: The Outcast Thinker, winner of the 2014 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Children’s… Michal Hoschander Malen February 21, 2016
Interview Interview: Laura Amy Schlitz with Michal Hoschander MalenJewish Book Council and Laura Amy Schlitz sat down to talk about Laura’s young adult novel The Hired Girl, which recently won both the… Michal Hoschander Malen February 9, 2016
Interview Interview: Ian Buruma with Bob Goldfarb InTheir Promised Land, Ian Buruma tells the extraordinary story of his own grandparents: British Jews who were apart during the World Wars and stayed… Bob Goldfarb February 2, 2016