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Nonfiction Yiddish in America: Essays on Yiddish Culture in the Golden Land Edward S. Shapiro
Nonfiction Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Marda Dunsky
Nonfiction Landmark of the Spirit: The Eldridge Street Synagogue Annie Pollard; Bill Moyers, fwd.
Essay Destination Bat Mitzvahs Earlier this week, Shulamit Reinharz and Barbara Vinick wrote about the history of the bat mizvah and Barbara Vinick shared her own story. Today, Shulamit Reinharz… Barbara Vinick, Shulamit Reinharz January 13, 2012
Essay The Sisterhood of Bat Mitzvah On Monday, Shulamit Reinharz and Barbara Vinick wrote about the history of the bat mitzvah for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning. Today, Barbara Vinick… Barbara Vinick, Shulamit Reinharz January 11, 2012
Nonfiction A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack
Essay Today I Am a Woman Shulamit Reinharz and Barbara Vinick are the editors of the recently published Today I Am a Woman: Stories of Bat Mitzvah around the World. They will be… Barbara Vinick, Shulamit Reinharz January 9, 2012
Nonfiction Triumph Over Tyranny: The Heroic Campaigns That Saved 2,000,000 Soviet Jews Philip Spiegel; Natan Sharansky, fwd.
Nonfiction Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America’s Legendary Suburb David Kushner
Nonfiction Beyond the Golden Door: Jewish American Drama and Jewish American Experience Julius Novick
Nonfiction Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California Frances Dinkenspiel
