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Essay Hungry for Hungary Posted by Dani CrickmanToday marks one week until our Twitter Book Club with Julie Orringer, author of The Invisible Bridge. The book is full of all sorts of… Dani Crickman October 19, 2010
Essay The Good, The Bad and the Delicious Earlier this week Stacey Ballis wrote about Rosh Hashanah cooking and fasting on Yom Kippur for the Visiting Scribe. Her newest… Stacey Ballis September 3, 2010
Essay Why Do They Call it Fasting When it Goes SO SLOW? On Monday, Stacey Ballis wrote about Rosh Hashanah cooking. Her newest book, Good Enough to Eat, is now available.As I mentioned before, my Judaism,… Stacey Ballis September 1, 2010
Essay A Sweet New Year Stacey Ballis‘ newest book, Good Enough to Eat, will be available September 7th. Check back all week for more delicious posts from Stacey for the Jewish Book… Stacey Ballis August 30, 2010
Essay Jerusalem, 1995 – 1996: Eating Standing Up On Monday, Assaf Gavron wrote about moonlighting as an Israeli mover in New York City. His most recent book, Almost Dead, is now available. He’s blogging… Assaf Gavron April 21, 2010
Essay Why Bake Your Own Matzah? In his last post, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer wrote about new models for engaged Jewish life. He’ll be blogging all week for Jewish Book… Elie Kaunfer April 8, 2010
Essay Not Kosher Nora Rubel, author of the recently published Doubting the Devout: The Ultra-Orthodox in the Jewish American Imagination, will be blogging all week… Nora Rubel March 22, 2010
News Apparently A Lot of People Like Deli? Posted by Libi AdlerPeople are ranting and raving about David Sax’s Save the Deli! I’ll admit, we here at the Jewish Book Council were intrigued as well.But… Libi Adler October 21, 2009
Recommended Reading It’s Coming Soon…JSF on Eating Animals Posted By Naomi Firestone-TeeterJonathan Safran Foer‘s newest book Eating Animals will be published on November 2nd by Little, Brown and Company. Eating… JBC Staff October 14, 2009
Recommended Reading Can’t Think of a Recipe for Sukkot? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterNeed a new recipe for Sukkot? Check out these new cookbooks:Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes (Laura Frankel)In Jewish Slow Cooker… JBC Staff October 1, 2009
Essay Eat Me In her last posts, Jennifer Traig reorganized her library and looked at the changes from her past year. She has been guest-blogging all week… Jennifer Traig September 24, 2009
Recommended Reading Janna Gur on Hummus Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterRemember the JBC’s earlier post about the delicious new cookbook New Israeli Food by Janna Gur? Well, lucky for us, Janna will be guest… JBC Staff December 16, 2008
