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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: On Bittersweet Place Posted by Chava LanskyThe floating house on the cover of Ronna Wineberg’s new novel, On Bitterwsweet Place shows the struggle and the lack of belonging that… Chava Lansky July 8, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Tomorrow There Will be Apricots Posted by Chava LanskyIn Tomorrow There Will be Apricots Jessica Soffer tells the story of two women adrift in New York City: one an almost orphan and the second… Chava Lansky July 1, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Baroness Posted by Chava LanskyHannah Rothschild’s 2012 book The Baroness is an expose of her great-aunt Nica, the “rebellious Rothschild,” a woman who lived out her years… Chava Lansky June 24, 2014
Recommended Reading June 2014 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Nat: Night in Shanghai (Nicole Mones) | Naomi: J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist (Thomas Beller)Carol: Becoming Frum (Sarah Bunin Benor) |… JBC Staff June 16, 2014
Recommended Reading May 2014 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Nat: The Confabulist (Steven Galloway) | Naomi: American Innovations (Rivka Galchen)Carolyn: Love & Treasure (Ayelet… JBC Staff May 12, 2014
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Summer 2014 Jewish Book Preview Now that almost all of the books from our spring preview are available at your local bookstore, we’re picking up where the last JBC Bookshelf left off with a few… JBC Staff May 1, 2014
