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book clubs

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The Bones of the World
Bet­sy L. Ross
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JBC Book­shelf: Sum­mer Read­ing 2021

Simona Zaret­sky
June 14, 2021
Interview

‘Fairy-Tale Log­ic’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Alice Hoffman

Jamie Wendt
August 31, 2020
From the Journal

The Pio­neers: The Old­est Jew­ish Wom­en’s Book Club in America 

Pamela S. Nadell
May 11, 2020
Recommended Reading

JBC Book­shelf: Clas­sics Rewind

Simona Zaret­sky
March 20, 2020
News

Jew­ish Lit­er­ary Con­ver­sa­tions in Quar­an­tine: Live Coverage

JBC Staff
March 16, 2020
Essay

This Book Club and That Book Club

Ear­li­er this week, Bar­bara Stark-Nemon wrote about writ­ing visu­al arts into lit­er­a­ture and how her fam­i­ly chose to remem­ber Ger­many after World War II. She is the…
Bar­bara Stark-Nemon
April 17, 2015
Essay

Recipes for Kristin Han­nah’s The Nightingale

Post­ed by Miri Pomer­antz DauberWith the pub­li­ca­tion of Kristin Han­nah’s new book, The Nightin­gale, ear­li­er this month, JBC Book Clubs worked in coop­er­a­tion with…
Miri Pomer­antz Dauber
February 11, 2015
Essay

Judg­ing a Book by the Discussion

Post­ed by Miri Pomer­antz DauberThe Post­script series is a spe­cial peek ​“behind the scenes” of a book. It’s a juicy lit­tle extra some­thing to add to…
Miri Pomer­antz Dauber
November 6, 2014
Essay

Par­ent-Child Book Club: Shang­hai Jews

What trends in adult lit­er­a­ture often sees its reflec­tion in children’s pub­li­ca­tions — and now, more than ever, the oth­er way around. In review­ing the 2014 – 2015 JBC…
JBC Staff
August 21, 2014
Essay

Down­ton Abbey Made Me Do It

This week, JBC Net­work author Wendy Wax, the author of While We Were Watch­ing Down­ton Abbey, blogs for The Post­script on the inspi­ra­tion for writ­ing her newest…
Wendy Wax
June 24, 2014
Essay

Grow­ing to Love Hebrew School

This week, Lau­ren Grod­stein, the author of The Expla­na­tion for Every­thing, A Friend of the Fam­i­ly, and Repro­duc­tion is the Flaw of Love and the sto­ry col­lec­tion…
Lau­ren Grodstein
May 20, 2014
Essay

The Risks of Being Mis­tak­en for a Character

This week, David Schmah­mann, the author of The Dou­ble Life of Alfred Buber, Empire Set­tings, and Ivory From Par­adise, blogs for The Post­script on the risk of being…
David Schmah­mann
April 29, 2014
Essay

JBC Book Clubs Asks: Facil­i­ta­tor Tips on Par­tic­i­pa­tion and Stay­ing Focused

JBC Book Clubs is ask­ing: what does it take to lead a book club?** We start­ed this series hear­ing from Sarah Rind­ner about the exten­sive research she does before…
Joan Ted­low
April 10, 2014
Essay

You Prob­a­bly Would­n’t Think To Read This For Book Club, But…

This week, Bar­bara Aske­nas and Michal Smart, co-edi­tors of the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award-win­ning book Kad­dish: Wom­en’s Voic­es blogs for The Post­script on why…
Bar­bara Askenas, Michal Smart
April 1, 2014
Essay

Writ­ing Through the Artist’s Perspective

This week, Alyson Rich­man, the author of The Lost Wife and the forth­com­ing The Gar­den of Let­ters (com­ing in Sep­tem­ber from Berkley) blogs for The…
Alyson Rich­man
March 25, 2014
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