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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Baroness Posted by Chava LanskyHannah Rothschild’s 2012 book The Baroness is an expose of her great-aunt Nica, the “rebellious Rothschild,” a woman who lived out her years… Chava Lansky June 24, 2014
Recommended Reading June 2014 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Nat: Night in Shanghai (Nicole Mones) | Naomi: J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist (Thomas Beller)Carol: Becoming Frum (Sarah Bunin Benor) |… JBC Staff June 16, 2014
Recommended Reading May 2014 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Nat: The Confabulist (Steven Galloway) | Naomi: American Innovations (Rivka Galchen)Carolyn: Love & Treasure (Ayelet… JBC Staff May 12, 2014
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Summer 2014 Jewish Book Preview Now that almost all of the books from our spring preview are available at your local bookstore, we’re picking up where the last JBC Bookshelf left off with a few… JBC Staff May 1, 2014
Recommended Reading The Jews and the Second World War: A Reading List Earlier this week, Gwen Edelman wrote about building a walled ghetto in the middle of a city and a recent visit to Warsaw. Her most recent novel, The… Gwen Edelman April 25, 2014
Recommended Reading April 2014 Jewish Book Council Staff Picks What we’re reading this month:Suzanne: The Harem Midwife (Roberta Rich) | Naomi: A Bintel Brief (Liana Finck)Miri: The Inn at Lake Devine (Elinor Lipman) | Nat:… JBC Staff April 10, 2014