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April 11th: An Eerie Con­flu­ence of Dates

Deb­o­rah Lip­stadt​’s most recent book, The Eich­mann Tri­al, is now avail­able. She will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book…
Deb­o­rah E. Lipstadt
April 27, 2011
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Right­ing Wrongs

Ealier this week, Austin Rat­ner wrote about Hil­lel sand­wich­es and pat­ri­cide, pho­tog­ra­phy, and Audrey Hep­burn. His first book, The Jump Artist,…
Austin Rat­ner
April 15, 2011
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Pat­ri­cide, Pho­tog­ra­phy, and Audrey Hepburn

On Mon­day, Austin Rat­ner wrote about Hil­lel sand­wich­es. His first book, The Jump Artist, is the win­ner of the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture.…
Austin Rat­ner
April 13, 2011
Essay

As Jew­ish as a Hil­lel Sandwich

Austin Rat­ner​‘s first book, The Jump Artist, is the win­ner of the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture. He will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book…
Austin Rat­ner
April 11, 2011
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Leav­ing Moth­er Moldova

Mari­na Blit­shteyn is the author of the new poet­ry chap­book Russ­ian for Lovers. Ear­li­er this week she wrote about she wrote about the ori­gin of Russ­ian for…
Mari­na Blitshteyn
April 8, 2011
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The Poet­ry Writ­ing Process

Mari­na Blit­shteyn is the author of the new poet­ry chap­book Russ­ian for Lovers. In her ear­li­er post, she wrote about the ori­gin of Russ­ian for Lovers. She will…
Mari­na Blitshteyn
April 6, 2011
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