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Maron L. Waxman

Maron L. Wax­man, retired edi­to­r­i­al direc­tor, spe­cial projects, at the Amer­i­can Muse­um of Nat­ur­al His­to­ry, was also an edi­to­r­i­al direc­tor at Harper­Collins and Book-of-the-Month Club.

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Ottolenghi Sim­ple: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Non­fic­tion
Ger­shom Scholem: From Berlin to Jerusalem and Back
Noam Zadoff
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Ger­shom Scholem: Mas­ter of the Kabbalah
David Biale
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Visu­al Arts
Arti­sans of Israel: Tran­scend­ing Tradition
Lynn Hol­stein
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Three Floors Up
Eshkol Nevo; Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans.
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For­est Dark: A Novel
Nicole Krauss
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Rab­bi Aki­va: Sage of the Talmud
Barry W. Holtz
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Non­fic­tion
Hay­im Nah­man Bia­lik: Poet of Hebrew
Avner Holzman
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Yitzhak Rabin: Sol­dier, Leader, Statesman
Itamar Rabinovich
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Mis­ter Monkey
Francine Prose
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Two She-Bears
Meir Shalev
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Judas
Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange, trans.
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Moses: A Human Life
Avi­vah Got­tlieb Zornberg
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Louis D. Bran­deis: Amer­i­can Prophet
Jeffrey Rosen
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Visu­al Arts
The Broth­er Hag­gadah: A Medieval Sephar­di Mas­ter­piece in Facsimile
Marc Michael Epstein, ed.

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April 25, 2024
Essay

Passover 5780/2020 Hag­gadah Roundup

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March 30, 2020
Essay

Ita­mar Rabi­novich: A Pro­file of the Author of a New Rabin Biography

Maron L. Waxman
July 10, 2017
Interview

Inter­view: Dina Gold

with Maron L. WaxmanAmid its account of the legal bat­tle to recov­er own­er­ship — or at least the recog­ni­tion of own­er­ship — of the build­ing at Krausen­strasse…
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March 22, 2016
Essay

New Ves­sel Press: Great Books in New Vessels

by Maron L. WaxmanShort­ly after the launch of their first list, I talked with Michael Wise and Ross Ufberg about their new pub­lish­ing company…New Ves­sel Press, Michael…
Maron L. Waxman
October 15, 2013
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Jew­ish Book World Review: To the End of the Land

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIn hon­or of David Gross­man mak­ing Amazon’s top ten this year, and with the win­ter issue going in the mail next, we thought we’d offer…
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November 5, 2010

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