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Miri­am Brad­man Abrahams

Miri­am Brad­man Abra­hams is a Cuban-born, Brook­lyn-raised, Long Island-resid­ing mom. She is Hadas­sah Nas­sau’s One Region One Book chair­la­dy, a free­lance essay­ist, and a cer­ti­fied yoga instruc­tor who has loved review­ing books for the JBC for the past ten years.
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The Dress­mak­ers of Prospect Heights
Kit­ty Zeldis
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Code Name Sapphire
Pam Jenoff
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Marc J. Straus
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A.J. Sidran­sky
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Noth­ing is Forgotten
Peter Gold­en
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The Light We Lost
Jill San­topo­lo
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David and the Philis­tine Woman
Paul Boorstin
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Sweet Is the Light: Ten Crossroads
Charles H. Freundlich
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Stolen Beau­ty
Lau­rie Lico Albanese
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Karin Tanabe
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Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
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The Golem of Paris
Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
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Los­ing Faith: A Thriller
Adam Mitzner
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Inter­view: Ruchama King Feuerman

by Miri­am Brad­man AbrahamsRuchama King Feuerman’s lat­est nov­el, In the Court­yard of the Kab­bal­ist, has been praised by the Wall Street Jour­nal among many oth­er…
Miri­am Brad­man Abrahams
October 29, 2014
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Inter­view: Dara Horn

by Miri­am Brad­man Abra­hams Speak­ing with Dara Horn on the phone felt like con­vers­ing with one of my bright­est, most enthu­si­as­tic friends. Since I was the…
Miri­am Brad­man Abrahams
September 17, 2013

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