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    Don­ald Weber

    Don­ald Weber writes about Jew­ish Amer­i­can lit­er­a­ture and pop­u­lar cul­ture. He divides his time between Brook­lyn and Mohe­gan Lake, NY.

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    Esther Safran Foer
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    Hersh Dovid Nomberg, Daniel Kennedy (trans.)
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    Michael Hober­man
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    David Bez­mozgis
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    Bryan Cheyette
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    Daniel Tor­day
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    Boris Fish­man
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    Mark L. Smith
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    Derek Rubin, ed.
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