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Children’s The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story Lemony Snicket; Lisa Brown, illus.
Children’s Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur with Honey, Prayers and the Shofar Deborah Heiligman
Nonfiction Rejoice in Your Festivals: Penetrating Insights Into Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot Rabbi Zvi Dov Kanatopsky; David A. Zomick, ed.
Recommended Reading Purim Picks Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPrepare for Purim with a few good reads:Megillat EstherThe Banquet of Esther RosenbaumThe Story of Esther: A Purim… Naomi Firestone-Teeter March 2, 2012
Nonfiction Redemptions: Contemporary Chassidic Essays on the Parsha and the Festivals Rabbi Zvi Leshem
Nonfiction Celebrating the Jewish Year: Winter Holidays — Hanukkah, Tu B’Shevat, Purim Paul Steinberg; Janet Greenstein Potter, ed.
Essay Autumn in His Heart Earlier this week, Adam Wilson wrote about Seinfeld, Moses, and hubris. He will be blogging here all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.I’ve… Adam Wilson February 23, 2012
Nonfiction How to Spell Chanukah and Other Holiday Dilemmas: Eighteen Writers Celebrate Eight Nights of Lights Emily Franklin, ed.