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Announcing the 72nd National Jewish Book Award Winners!

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Essay

The Pow­er of Eighteen

Rebec­ca E. Bender
February 28, 2022
Essay

Gold from the Prairie

Rebec­ca E. Bender
July 23, 2020
Interview

JBC Authors at the Table: Jan Eliasberg

Jan Elias­berg
June 16, 2020
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Chil­dren’s
Sweet Tamales for Purim
Barbara Bietz, John Kanzler (illus.)
Interview

A Con­ver­sa­tion with Pamela Nadell

JBC Staff, Pamela S. Nadell
May 5, 2020
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A Hun­dred Acres of Amer­i­ca: The Geog­ra­phy of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Lit­er­ary History
Michael Hober­man
Essay

The Return of Eli Gershonson

Ger­ald Kol­pan​’s newest book, Mag­ic Words: The Tale of a Jew­ish Boy-Inter­preter, the World’s Most Estimable Magi­cian, a Mur­der­ous Har­lot, and Amer­i­ca’s…
Ger­ald Kolpan
April 30, 2012
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The Ghost

Ear­li­er this week, Leigh Stein revealed one of her ear­ly aspi­ra­tions: to ​“Be Anne Frank.” She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Leigh Stein
February 15, 2012
Essay

Jews in Amer­i­ca’s West

Yes­ter­day, Anna Solomon wrote for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing about a grand­moth­er’s secrets. Her nov­el, The Lit­tle Bride, is now available.I…
Anna Solomon
November 22, 2011

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