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Essay Publishing a Real Life Old-Fashioned Book Matthue Roth’s latest book, Automatic, is now available. He will be blogging here for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning all week.Here’s the thing about… Matthue Roth December 5, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: Simtaot Books Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOur friends over at Urim Publications connected us with one of their new colleagues in the field, Simtaot… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 23, 2011
Essay Questions that Signal Success Joel Chasnoff has been blogging all month for the Jewish Book Council on his NETWORK author tour.Writing from Houston, TX, in the midst of the mega-est week… Joel Chasnoff November 11, 2010
Essay Field Stories Without Names Yesterday, Martin Fletcher wrote about stories he’s covered for NBC’s London bureau. His newest book, Walking Israel: A Personal Search for the Soul of… Martin Fletcher September 28, 2010
Essay My Other Baby On Monday, Gal Beckerman wrote about barbecuing with hijackers. His first book, When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save… Gal Beckerman September 15, 2010
News An Even More Jewish Dating Site Than JDate Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAlikewise: Dating based on book tastesLove it.We skimmed the profiles to find a few Jewy ones:On Portnoy’s Complaint:… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 19, 2010
News Kafka Manuscripts: The Fight Over Kafka Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe blogosphere has been abuzz over the the newly found Kafka manuscripts (examples on: JPS, Tablet, and Jewcy). Rodger… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 30, 2010
Essay Jews in Odd Places Allison Amend is the author of the novel Stations West. She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning’s… Allison Amend June 14, 2010
Essay The Judeo-Christianity Section In his last post, David Rosenberg, whose latest books are A Literary Bible: An Original Translation and An Educated Man: A Dual Biography of… David Rosenberg February 24, 2010
Essay Meeting My Giants In his last post Joel Chasnoff, author of The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah: A Memoir, wrote about… Joel Chasnoff February 10, 2010
News YM Books Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterWe just received word about a new endeavor from Yaldah Magazine, a magazine for Jewish girls, by Jewish girls, has… JBC Staff November 24, 2009
Essay Day After Night: The Book Tour In her last posts, Anita Diamant wrote about the cover of her newest novel Day After Night and about where she gets her ideas from.I will be on… Anita Diamant September 11, 2009
News JPS CEO/Editor-in-Chief Ellen Frankel Steps Down Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter This morning, the Jewish Publication Society announced that Ellen Frankel, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish… JBC Staff June 17, 2009
Essay Fleeing the News! Posted by Naomi FirestoneWhile in Israel last month for Jerusalem International Book Fair, I had the pleasure of spending time with Ilana Kurshan. Ilana,… Ilana Kurshan March 11, 2009