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Essay Jewish People and Books Earlier this week, Yehuda Kurtzer wrote about a recent Commentary article by Jack Wertheimer and the transmission of memory. He has been blogging here all week… Yehuda Kurtzer June 8, 2012
Essay The Future of the Past Yehuda Kurtzer is the author of Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past. He will blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.In a recent… Yehuda Kurtzer June 4, 2012
Fiction Scribblers on the Roof: Contemporary American Jewish Fiction Melvin Jules Bukiet; David G. Roskies, eds.
Nonfiction Sliding to the Right: The Contest for the Future of American Jewish Orthodoxy Samuel C. Heilman
Nonfiction Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen Henry Bial
Nonfiction The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country From the Religious Right Michael Lerner
Recommended Reading May is… Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of May celebrations, we’ve created a few reading lists for you…Jewish American Heritage MonthFind the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter May 1, 2012
Nonfiction Promiscuous: Portnoy’s Complaint and Our Doomed Pursuit of Happiness Bernard Avishai
Children’s Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea: A Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of Pants Tony Johnston; Stacy Innerst, illus.
