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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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Roger Cohen
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Al Clark & Dan Schlossberg
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Hillel Halkin
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David Wolpe
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Mel Scult
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Louise Baring
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David Holzer
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The Hyper-Mod­ern Ancient With-It Tra­di­tion­al Haggadah
Tzvi Freeman
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Falling Out of Time
David Gross­man
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Daniel Gordis
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Interview

Recipes and Rem­i­nisc­ing: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Joan Nathan

Maron L. Waxman
April 25, 2024
Essay

Passover 5780/2020 Hag­gadah Roundup

Maron L. Waxman
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…
Maron L. Waxman
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…
Maron L. Waxman
November 5, 2010

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