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Recommended Reading New Children’s Siddur Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLast month, the fine folks over at Tribe, the Young United Synagogue in the UK, republished Siddur Shevet Asher (aka the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 12, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Vaclav and Lena (Paperback) Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of Haley Tanner being named a 2012 “5 under 35” honoree by the National Book Foundation, this week’s “Book Cover of… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 27, 2012
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Fall Reads — Nonfiction Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterI think this might be a record: two JBC Bookshelf posts within two weeks. Not all of these books will be published in the fall… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 20, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Young Gerber Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterFriedrich Torberg was born in Vienna in 1908 to a Jewish family, but was forced to emigrate to France in 1938 due to Nazi… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 19, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Jewish Radicals Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn Jewish Radicals: A Documentary History (published in July by NYU Press), Tony Michels explores the history of Jews and the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 11, 2012
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: A Nod Toward the Past Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterEach of these upcoming books nod toward the past in one way or another, be it the republication of the first Jewish cookbook in… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 10, 2012
