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Essay Joanna Rakoff: The French Revolution Joanna Rakoff, author of A Fortunate Age and former editor of Nextbook.org, is guest-blogging for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish… Joanna Rakoff July 27, 2009
Essay Ariel Sabar: A Time to Put Aside the Armor Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAriel Sabar, author of My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, wrote an essay for last… JBC Staff July 20, 2009
Essay David Plotz: Why Is Judaism Such a Failure? In his last blog, David Plotz, author of Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single… David Plotz July 17, 2009
Essay Borges and the Jews Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJorge Luis BorgesYesterday Zeek at Jewcy posted the final section of Ilan Stavans’ monograph on Borges and the Jews:In this,… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 16, 2009
Essay Tablet on Yoel Hoffmann Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterTablet featured this week’s Jewish Book Council recommended read (sign up for our weekly e‑mails here) Curriculum… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 16, 2009
Essay David Plotz: Is Monotheism for Jerks? David Plotz is guest-blogging for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council.There are the writers who succeed by arguing evolution exists and God… David Plotz July 15, 2009
