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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
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: 101 Artists to Listen to Before You Die Posted by Becca KantorIf your eye is caught by the host of colorful pen-and-ink caricatures on the cover of Ricardo Covolo’s 101 Artists to Listen to Before You Die …… Becca Kantor June 16, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Thresholds Posted by Nat BernsteinJewish Book Council is delighted to be working once again with Rabbi Sherre Hirsch, the first female rabbi of Sinai Temple Los Angeles and… Nat Bernstein March 13, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Shekhina Posted by Nat BernsteinWe’re deeply saddened to learn of Leonard Nimoy’s passing this morning. Beyond his iconic, beloved, and influential role as Star Trek’s Mr. Spock,… Nat Bernstein February 27, 2015
