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How Did I End up Doing This?

Ear­li­er this week, Joshua Henkin talked about his father and grand­fa­ther and explored the ques­tion: ​“Are you a Jew­ish writer?”. He will be blog­ging here all…
Joshua Henkin
June 21, 2012
Essay

From Grand­fa­ther to Father to Son

Ear­li­er this week, Joshua Henkin explored the ques­tion: ​“Are you a Jew­ish writer?”. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Joshua Henkin
June 20, 2012
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Are You a Jew­ish Writer?

Joshua Henkin is the author of The World With­out You, Mat­ri­mo­ny, and Swim­ming Across the Hud­son. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Joshua Henkin
June 18, 2012
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Ris­ing to the Top

Ear­li­er this week, Pni­na Jacob­son and Judy Kem­pler wrote about the aging Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty, the Aus­tralian Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty, and about their deci­sion to…
Judy Kem­pler, Pni­na Jacobson
June 15, 2012
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Pho­tog­ra­phy and Remembrance

In hon­or of Anne Frank​’s birth­day this week, Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Intern Nat Bern­stein shares her essay ​“Pho­tog­ra­phy and Remem­brance.” Nat is a grad­u­ate of…
Nat Bern­stein
June 14, 2012
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Why Self-Pub­lish?

Ear­li­er this week, Pni­na Jacob­son and Judy Kem­pler wrote the aging Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty and the Aus­tralian Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty. In today’s post, they dis­cuss their…
Judy Kem­pler, Pni­na Jacobson
June 13, 2012
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