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Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Fall Travel Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThis fall, travel through history with literature: Vivian Gornick presents a portrait of an early 20th century radical icon;… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 9, 2011
Recommended Reading Jews! Photographs! Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJust got wind of a gorgeous book published in the UK several years ago: A Book of Jews. A book of, well…Jews.… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 12, 2011
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Frozen Rabbi Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe paperback edition of The Frozen Rabbi (Steve Stern) is now available from Algonquin Books: Naomi Firestone-Teeter June 21, 2011
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Summer Hodgepodge Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIt’s been a while since my last “Bookshelf,” but things have finally calmed down (ha!) here with summer, and I’ve had some time to… Naomi Firestone-Teeter June 16, 2011
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Dreyfus Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe paperback edition of Ruth Harris’s Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century (2010 National Jewish… Naomi Firestone-Teeter June 14, 2011
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: FARM 54 Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPublished today by Ponent Mon: Galit and Gilad Seliktar’s FARM 54: Naomi Firestone-Teeter May 26, 2011