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Dr. Ron Wolf­son on Cut­ting-Edge Work in the Jew­ish Community

Dr. Ron Wolf­son, vision­ary edu­ca­tor and inspi­ra­tional speak­er, is Fin­ger­hut Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion at Amer­i­can Jew­ish Uni­ver­si­ty in Los Ange­les and…
Ron Wolf­son
May 2, 2013
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Main­tain­ing Jew­ish Roots in the Military

by Elise Coop­erAlthough there are many themes to Ali­son Buck­holtz​’s book, Stand­ing By: The Mak­ing of an Amer­i­can Mil­i­tary Fam­i­ly in a Time of War, one that…
Elise Coop­er
May 1, 2013
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Dr. Ron Wolf­son on the Future of Jew­ish Institutions

Dr. Ron Wolf­son, vision­ary edu­ca­tor and inspi­ra­tional speak­er, is Fin­ger­hut Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion at Amer­i­can Jew­ish Uni­ver­si­ty in Los Ange­les and…
Ron Wolf­son
April 30, 2013
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Dig­ging Deep into the Soul in the Heart of Iowa

We prompt­ed this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about ​“how they came to write their book.” Over the next sev­er­al weeks, we’ll share their respons­es. Today, Stu­art…
Stu­art Nadler
April 29, 2013
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Stat­ues and Golems

Ear­li­er this week, Helene Weck­er shared a golem-cen­tric read­ing list and wrote about writ­ing a nov­el in two cul­tures and Dork­dom. She has been blog­ging here…
Helene Weck­er
April 27, 2013
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Under the Influ­ence of Golems

Ear­li­er this week, Helene Weck­er wrote about writ­ing a nov­el in two cul­tures and Dork­dom. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil…
Helene Weck­er
April 26, 2013
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