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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Question of the Animal and Religion Posted by Nat BernsteinJewish Book Council is just beginning to pack up our table at the 47th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies in Boston,… Nat Bernstein December 15, 2015
Recommended Reading 8 Books to Preorder Over the 8 Nights of Hanukkah Posted by Nat BernsteinBack when we first started the Eight Nights of Stories series here on The ProsenPeople, I mentioned a childhood friend’s family… Nat Bernstein December 10, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The End of Days Posted by Nat BernsteinLooks of concern and alarm were exchanged around the office when managing editor Becca spontaneously exclaimed, “Oh good, the End of Days has… Nat Bernstein November 25, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Notorious RBG Posted by Nat BernsteinYesterday, a book released last week hit The New York Times’s best sellers list:If you are not already familiar with the blog/meme… Nat Bernstein November 5, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God Posted by Nat BernsteinFourteen years after its original publication in English translation, Etgar Keret’s seminal collection of short stories was reissued… Nat Bernstein October 29, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Hours Count Posted by Nat BernsteinDon’t you kinda wish all books about the Rosenbergs looked like this?I’ll be honest, Historical Fiction does not always appeal to me — but now… Nat Bernstein October 20, 2015