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Recommended Reading Favorite Fictional Jewish Characters Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of Rosh Hashanah (and in time for Yom Kippur), The Huffington Post (and HuffPost readers) share their favorite Jewish… JBC Staff September 16, 2010
Recommended Reading High Holiday Reading Jewish Book World reviewer Eric Ackland examines three new books from Jewish Lights that tackle different aspects of the High Holidays experience (this… Eric Ackland September 7, 2010
Recommended Reading Looking forward to 2011: Quiet Americans Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJBC friend, author, and blogger Erika Dreifus just launched the website for her first work of fiction, Quiet AmericansA high-ranking… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 20, 2010
Recommended Reading Israeli Fiction Round Up Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterDon’t have the funds to travel over to Israel this fall? Well, we have an easy solution…bring Israel to your home with this great fall line-up… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 2, 2010
Recommended Reading The Other Other Singer Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAfter spending the last few days up at the National Yiddish Book Center, it’s only fitting that we would be drawn to an article on… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 28, 2010
Recommended Reading Ah, another troll-fighting 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJust got wind (thanks Lisa Silverman!) of this new book, due out in November from Amulet Books: Hereville: How Mirka Got Her… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 28, 2010