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Contemporary Jewish Life

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Being There: Jour­nal­ism 1978 – 2000
Tom Tei­cholz
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The Gene Machine
Bon­nie Rochman
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Dis­tilled: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly, Sea­gram, Base­ball, and Philanthropy
Charles Bronfman with Howard Green
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Wher­ev­er You Go, There They Are
Annabelle Gur­witch
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Life­sav­ing for Beginners
Anne Edel­stein
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Par­ent­ing in Perspective
Barry Kislowicz
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Set in Stone: Amer­i­ca’s Embrace of the Ten Commandments
Jenna Weissman Joselit
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The Book of Separation
Tova Mirvis
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The Holo­caust Book Award in Mem­o­ry of Ernest W. Michel Named for 2017

JBC Staff
March 7, 2017
Essay

Three Sets of Dishes

Ellen Uman­sky is the author of The For­tu­nate Ones, a nov­el released last week about the fate of a Chaim Sou­tine paint­ing left behind in Vien­na. Ellen will be…
Ellen Uman­sky
February 20, 2017
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My Jew­ish Year: 18 Hol­i­days, One Won­der­ing Jew
Abi­gail Pogrebin
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Book Cov­er of the Week: On Tur­pen­tine Lane

It’s been kind of a top­sy-turvy week, so the image of a quaint sub­ur­ban house ripped from the earth and spun like Dorothy Gale’s twister-borne home feels about right…
Nat Bern­stein
January 24, 2017
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Love, Mar­riage, and Jew­ish Families
Sylvia Barack Fishman
Essay

Korn­bluh’s Kosher Fish

Ear­li­er this week, Eytan Bayme wrote about cel­e­brat­ing his third Christ­mas in Europe as an Amer­i­can Jew. Eytan is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week…
Eytan Bayme
December 28, 2016
Essay

Jews for Christmas

Eytan Bayme is the author of High Hol­i­day Porn: A Mem­oir. With some Jew­ish reflec­tions on the Christ­mas sea­son to share, Eytan will be guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish…
Eytan Bayme
December 26, 2016
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High Hol­i­day Porn
Eytan Bayme
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