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Nonfiction At The Edge of a Dream: The Story of Jewish Immigrants on New York’s Lower East Side: 1880 – 1920 Lawrence J. Epstein
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Archaeology of Home Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAfter a long week, this was a breath of fresh air:The Archaeology of Home: An Epic Set on a Thousand Square Feet of the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter November 17, 2011
Visual Arts A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of The Forward Alana Newhouse
Nonfiction The World in a City: Traveling the Globe Through the Neighborhoods of the New New York Joseph Berger
Nonfiction Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Meshugas of the Yiddish Theater in America Stephen Kanfer
Nonfiction The Arrogant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn Lucette Lagnado
Nonfiction Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up The Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn Ayala Fader
Essay Feed Me Bubbe’s Journey to New York City Yesterday, Avrom Honig shared a behind the scenes look at the photoshoot for Feed Me Bubbe. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Avrom Honig September 7, 2011