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Items with the tag:

jewish mother

Essay

Learn­ing from Mothering

Mar­jorie Lehman
March 13, 2018
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Non­fic­tion
Moth­ers in the Jew­ish Cul­tur­al Imagination
Jane L. Kanarek, Marjorie Lehman,‎ Simon J Bronner, eds.
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JBC 30 Days, 30 Authors: Mar­jorie Ingall

Mar­jorie Ingall
December 18, 2016
Essay

Talk­ing to the Dead: The Eter­nal Jew­ish Mother

Leah Kamin­sky is the author of the nov­el The Wait­ing Room. She will be guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe series here on…
Leah Kamin­sky
November 7, 2016
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Non­fic­tion
Mamaleh Knows Best
Mar­jorie Ingall
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Non­fic­tion
Sh*tty Mom for All Seasons
Alicia Ybarbo, Mary Ann Zoellner
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Fic­tion
Jew­ish Moth­ers Nev­er Die
Natalie David-Weill; Molly Grogan, trans.
Essay

Jew­ish Moth­er vs Bad Mother

Ear­li­er this week, Lara Vap­n­yar wrote about how she finds loca­tion inspi­ra­tion for her fic­tion­al char­ac­ters. Her new nov­el, The Scent of Pine (Simon…
Lara Vap­n­yar
January 9, 2014
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The Chameleon in the Clos­et: A Con­ser­v­a­tive Jew­ish Moth­er Reach­es Out to Her Ortho­dox Sons
BJ Rosen­feld
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Poet­ry
The Many Names for Mother
Julia Kolchin­sky Dasbach 
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Book Cov­er of the Week: The Mothers

Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
November 15, 2012
Essay

The Truth About Motherhood

Ear­li­er this week, Ste­fanie Per­vos Breg­man, the edi­tor of Liv­ing Jew­ish­ly, wrote about engag­ing 20- and 30- some­things in the Jew­ish world and Rab­bi Jason Miller…
Riv­ka Nehorai
October 18, 2012
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Yid­dishe Mamas: The Truth about the Jew­ish Mother
Marnie Winston-Macauley
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Jew­ish Moth­ers: Strength, Wis­dom, Compassion
Lloyd Wolf and Paula Wolfson; Anne Roiphe, fwd.
Essay

Mother/​Writer

Ear­li­er this week, Ramona Ausubel wrote about why she’s a writer and not an actress. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.…
Ramona Ausubel
April 18, 2012
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You Nev­er Call! You Nev­er Write!: A His­to­ry of the Jew­ish Mother
Joyce Antler
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