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    Autobiography & Memoir

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    The Jew Store
    Stella Suberman
    Essay

    Mem­oir and Kindness

    Ear­li­er this week, Elis­sa Alt­man shared how her mem­oir Treyf: My Life as an Unortho­dox Out­law found a recep­tive audi­ence in coastal Maine. Elis­sa is guest…
    Elis­sa Altman
    September 21, 2016
    Essay

    Treyf Comes to Maine

    Elis­sa Alt­man​’s sec­ond mem­oir, Treyf: My Life as an Unortho­dox Out­law, comes out this week. To cel­e­brate her new book’s release, Elis­sa is guest blog­ging for the…
    Elis­sa Altman
    September 19, 2016
    Essay

    Encoun­ters with Rab­bi Zal­man: Rit­u­als for Peo­ple Healers

    Ear­li­er this week, Alexan­der Wein­stein shared how the cos­mic humor of his sci­ence fic­tion sto­ries was dis­cov­ered by Rab­bi Zal­man Schachter-Shalo­mi. With the release…
    Alexan­der Weinstein
    September 14, 2016
    Essay

    Encoun­ters with Rab­bi Zal­man: The Humor of Enlightenment

    Alexan­der Wein­stein is the author of Chil­dren of the New World, a provoca­tive col­lec­tion of sci­ence fic­tion sto­ries of the near-future. With the release of the book…
    Alexan­der Weinstein
    September 12, 2016
    Essay

    The Sto­ries That Nev­er Leave You

    Ear­li­er this week, Affin­i­ty Konar wrote about her first vis­it to Auschwitz-Birke­nau, the set­ting of Mis­chling, after she had already writ­ten the book. With the release…
    Affin­i­ty Konar
    September 9, 2016
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    We Were the Future: A Mem­oir of the Kibbutz
    Yael Neeman; Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans.
    Essay

    Beyond the Birch­es of Oświęcim

    Affin­i­ty Konar is the author of the nov­el Mis­chling and is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe series here on The…
    Affin­i­ty Konar
    September 6, 2016
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Ghet­to Swinger
    Coco Shumann; John Howard, trans.
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    Non­fic­tion
    37 Sec­onds: Dying Revealed Heav­en’s Help – A Moth­er’s Journey
    Stephanie Arnold
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    Alli­ga­tor Candy
    David Kushner
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    Non­fic­tion
    Mas­ter of Cer­e­monies: A Memoir
    Joel Grey
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    Non­fic­tion
    Leav­ing Iran: Between Migra­tion and Exile
    Farideh Goldin
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    Fic­tion
    The Night Tril­o­gy: Night, Dawn, Day
    Elie Wiesel
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    Non­fic­tion
    I’m Sup­posed to Pro­tect You from All This
    Nadja Spiegelman
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    Enchant­ed Air: Two Cul­tures, Two Wings: A Memoir
    Margarita Engle; Edel Rodriguez, illus.
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