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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Girl With a Brave Heart Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOriginally published in Hebrew in Israel in 2010, The Girl With a Brave Heart: A Tale from Tehran (Rita Jahanforuz; Vali Mintzi,… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 12, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Force of Things Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPubbing next week from FSG is Alexander Stille’s literary memoir The Force of Things: A Marriage in War and Peace, which tells the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 6, 2013
Recommended Reading Top 25 Literary Classics About Israel During the JFNAGA this past November, JBC shared a list of 25 famous literary classics in the areas of Judaism and Zionism with the Israel Forever Foundation.… JBC Staff February 1, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Stalin’s Barber Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterWhat happens when a Jewish barber leaves Albania for a better life in Stalinist Russia and becomes Stalin’s personal… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 1, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: In the Land of the Living Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOkay, time to get excited people. We’re only two months away from the pub date of Sami Rohr Prize Winner Austin Ratner’s new novel In the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 25, 2013
Recommended Reading Tu Bishvat Reading Find the full list of JBC’s Tu Bishvat reads here.Dear TreeThe Kids’ Catalog of Animals and the EarthCelebrating the Jewish Year: Winter Holidays — Hanukkah, Tu… JBC Staff January 18, 2013
