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    Cover of The Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter
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    The Thought­ful Dress­er: The Art of Adorn­ment, the Plea­sures of Shop­ping, and Why Clothes Matter
    Linda Grant
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    Mes­si­ahs of 1933: How Amer­i­can Yid­dish The­atre Sur­vived Adver­si­ty Through Satire
    Joel Schechter
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    A Knit­ter’s Home Com­pan­ion: A Heart­warm­ing Col­lec­tion of Sto­ries, Pat­terns, and Recipes
    Michelle Edwards; Jen Gotch, photographs
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    Leonard Bern­stein: The Polit­i­cal Life of an Amer­i­can Musician
    Barry Seldes
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    Leonard Bern­stein at Work: His Final Years, 1984 – 1990
    Steve J. Sherman
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    A Fine Romance: Jew­ish Song­writ­ers, Amer­i­can Songs
    David Lehman
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    The Gersh­wins’ Por­gy and Bess: A 75th Anniver­sary Edition
    Robin Thompson
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    July 12, 2011
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    Fic­tion and Museums

    Ear­li­er this week, Alle­gra Good­man wrote about being a world artist and writ­ing ​“Jew­ish” fic­tion. She has been blog­ging all week for…
    Alle­gra Goodman
    July 2, 2010
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    World Artists

    On Mon­day, Alle­gra Good­man wrote about writ­ing ​“Jew­ish” fic­tion. She will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book…
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    Movies and Music plus Jew­ish Authors

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterTwo of our favorite authors delve into the world of film and music:Etgar Keret on adapt­ing his work for the screen for…
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    April 9, 2010
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    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterThe touch­ing, haunt­ing paint­ings by Samuel Bak, inspired by the lit­tle boy from the famous Stroop Report pho­to tak­en in the War­saw…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    October 1, 2009
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    October 1, 2009
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    A Flower of Ashke­nazi Frizz

    In her last blogs, Joan­na Rakoff wrote about some of her favorite books. In the months pre­ced­ing its pub­li­ca­tion, Jean Hanff…
    Joan­na Rakoff
    July 31, 2009
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    Joan­na Rakoff: Par­al­lel Lives

    In her last blog, Joan­na Rakoff wrote about how, in her own way, Jane Austen wrote about being an under­cov­er Jew­ish writer. Lau­rie Col­win was, in…
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    Music Pair­ings

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterI recent­ly spent some time on the Large­heart­ed Boy blog, enjoy­ing his Book Notes series, in which authors cre­ate and dis­cuss a music…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    April 3, 2009
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