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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Golem and the Jinni, Indonesian Edition Posted by Nat BernsteinIn case you needed an excuse to reread Helene Wecker’s stunning 2013 novel, the book cover for the Indonesian edition of The Golem and the Jinni… Nat Bernstein July 23, 2015
Recommended Reading My Top Five (Recent) Historical Novels Earlier this week, Janis Cooke Newman wrote about using fiction to understand historical time periods and why she writes historical fiction. She is the author of the… Janis Cooke Newman July 17, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Good on Paper Posted by Nat BernsteinMark your calendars for January 26, because Rachel Cantor’s next book will be hitting the shelves!Those who read Rachel’s first novel,… Nat Bernstein July 14, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Best Place on Earth Posted by Nat BernsteinExcellent news! Ayelet Tsabari’s debut collection of short stories, The Best Place on Earth—which won the 2015 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish… Nat Bernstein July 10, 2015
Recommended Reading Summer 2015 Jewish Books Preview Posted by Miri Pomerantz DauberWith summer now in full swing, it’s time to start your summer reading! Choose a hot-off-the-press June release or one of the… Miri Pomerantz Dauber July 8, 2015
Recommended Reading Capturing a Vanished World: Last Folio by Yuri Dojc & Katya Krausova Posted by Becca KantorLast Folio: A Photographic Memory offers a haunting glimpse into the traces of vanished Jewish life in Slovakia, the first country to… Becca Kantor July 2, 2015
