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Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Staff Picks for Novem­ber 2016

Car­olLast week, in the wake of Don­ald Trump’s vic­to­ry and Leonard Cohen’s death, I reached for Liel Lei­bovitz’s thought­ful and illu­mi­nat­ing 2013 med­i­ta­tion on…
JBC Staff
November 29, 2016
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10 Awe­some Books for the 10 Days of Awe 5777

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinImage: Edel Rodriguez, from Fas­ci­nat­ing: The Life of Leonard NimoyEach year pro­duces a fresh crop of fic­tion, non­fic­tion, poet­ry, and…
JBC Staff
September 26, 2016
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Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Staff Picks for Sep­tem­ber 2016

Bec­caNine Folds Make a Paper Swan by Ruth Gilli­gan is about a fam­i­ly of Irish Jews over three gen­er­a­tions, writ­ten by a young writer who became…
JBC Staff
September 23, 2016
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New Cat­e­gories and Hon­ors for the 66th Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards

Cel­e­brat­ing its 66th year, Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is pleased to announce two new devel­op­ments for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards. Start­ing this year, a new…
JBC Staff
August 18, 2016
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Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Staff Picks for August 2016

Post­ed by Salma FelahCar­olThis month, I am read­ing The Sev­en Good Years by Etgar Keret. It is as fun­ny, as odd, and as true as his unfor­get­table and…
JBC Staff
August 11, 2016
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Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Staff Picks for July 2016

Post­ed by Salma FalahMiriSacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo GenizaCar­olynThe Impe­r­i­al WifeBec­caNum­ber the Stars: 25th Anniver­sary EditionSophie…
JBC Staff
July 28, 2016
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Sum­mer 2016 Book Releases

Sum­mer is offi­cial­ly here, and it’s time to plan your read­ing lists for the long day­light hours!Still need to catch up on all those books you meant to read last…
JBC Staff
June 30, 2016
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Book Cov­er of the Week: Hot Dog Taste Test

If you own a Net­flix account — or a sub­scrip­tion to Lucky Peach, The New York Times, Van­i­ty Fair, or McSweeney’s—you’ve seen Lisa Hanawalt’s work. This week, the…
JBC Staff
June 15, 2016
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Meet Sami Rohr Prize Final­ist Adam D. Mendelsohn

Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is proud to intro­duce read­ers to the five emerg­ing non­fic­tion authors named as final­ists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture.…
JBC Staff
April 8, 2016
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Meet Sami Rohr Prize Final­ist Yehu­dah Mirsky

Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is proud to intro­duce read­ers to the five emerg­ing non­fic­tion authors named as final­ists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture.…
JBC Staff
April 5, 2016
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Nation­al Poet­ry Month 2016

In hon­or of Nation­al Poet­ry Month, the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil will be high­light­ing some of our favorite Jew­ish poems, both old and new, on our twit­ter account. Click below…
JBC Staff
April 1, 2016
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Meet Sami Rohr Prize Final­ist Aviya Kushner

Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is proud to intro­duce read­ers to the five emerg­ing non­fic­tion authors named as final­ists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture.…
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March 30, 2016

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