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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: A Hat for Mrs. Goldman Posted by Nat BernsteinIt’s rare that a children’s book about doing a mitzvah tugs at adult readers’ heartstrings, but a new story by Michelle Edwards… Nat Bernstein September 20, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: These Are the Names Posted by Nat BernsteinI’ve been haunted by Tommy Wieringa’s These Are the Names since picking up an advance copy last month. The original edition of the Dutch novel… Nat Bernstein August 30, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Fascinating — The Life of Leonard Nimoy Posted by Nat BernsteinI always have an eye out for good books for young Jewish readers — stories that break the mold of what we consider “Jewish children’s… Nat Bernstein August 25, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Mamaleh Knows Best Posted by Nat BernsteinOnly two weeks until Marjorie Ingall’s long-awaited guide to Jewish parenting, Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful,… Nat Bernstein August 16, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Where the Jews Aren’t Posted by Nat BernsteinOne of my favorite nonfiction writers has a new book coming out at the end of the month that addresses the bizarre history of Birobidzhan,… Nat Bernstein August 9, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Moonglow by Michael Chabon Posted by Nat BernsteinYes, there’s a new Michael Chabon novel coming out November 2016. And yes, it’s good.You’d better be prepared to pry this one out of your loved… Nat Bernstein August 2, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Leaving Lucy Pear Posted by Nat BernsteinHappy pub day to Anna Solomon on the release of Leaving Lucy Pear! I love the book cover (and the story behind it, which you will be able to… Nat Bernstein July 26, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: New Renderings of the Night Trilogy Posted by Nat BernsteinWhile Sophie Segal, one of Jewish Book Council’s interns this summer, was researching her essay on the legacies of the late Novel laureates Imre… Nat Bernstein July 20, 2016
Essay What Does Tisha B’ Av Hold for the Future of the Jewish People? Earlier this week, David G. Daniel shared how an encounter with a moose, her calf, and a bear reminded him of the difficult questions following a tragic… David G. Daniel July 13, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Karl Marx, Greatness and Illusion Posted by Nat BernsteinWhile the contents of a philosophy-packed biography of Karl Marx is almost certain to send my head spinning, the clean lines of its book… Nat Bernstein July 5, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: They Were Like Family to Me Posted by Nat BernsteinIf you’re surprised to discover that Helen Maryles Shankman already has another title due out this October, look closer:For reasons the author… Nat Bernstein June 28, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This Posted by Nat BernsteinIt took opposite journeys for a mother and daughter to each find themselves at the start of their adult lives: one needed to leave France to… Nat Bernstein June 21, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Hot Dog Taste Test If you own a Netflix account — or a subscription to Lucky Peach, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, or McSweeney’s—you’ve seen Lisa Hanawalt’s work. This week, the… JBC Staff June 15, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Reason for Flowers Posted by Nat BernsteinOne of my very favorite Jewish holiday traditions is coming up: beflowering one’s home for Shavuot! Owing to a midrash that Mount Sinai… Nat Bernstein June 7, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Barbra Streisand’s Jewish Lives Biography Posted by Nat BernsteinWhat’s a girl to do at 74 years old with a No. 1 selling album for every decade since 1964 to her name?National treasure… Nat Bernstein May 17, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Here I Am Posted by Nat BernsteinIt’s been over a decade since Jonathan Safran Foer’s last novel—Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close—was published. But as fans of Foer’s… Nat Bernstein May 10, 2016
