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Nat Bernstein Nat Bernstein is the former Manager of Digital Content & Media, JBC Network Coordinator, and Contributing Editor at the Jewish Book Council and a graduate of Hampshire College. Articles Reviews 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… 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… 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… Nat Bernstein June 21, 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… 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… 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 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Warp Posted by Nat BernsteinYou know how some shows take a few episodes to find their legs? I initially gave up on Parks and Recreation, for example,… Nat Bernstein March 18, 2016 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Orphan #8 Posted by Nat BernsteinOrphan Number Eight author Kim Van Alkemade shared the cover for the novel’s new large-print edition last week, and it’s no wonder she’s… Nat Bernstein March 8, 2016 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Love from the Very Hungry Caterpillar Posted by Nat BernsteinI don’t know anyone who didn’t grow up with Eric Carle, whether has a young reader or a parent or a grandparent.… Nat Bernstein February 11, 2016 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Poems That Make Grown Women Cry Posted by Nat BernsteinIt’s already February, and with a certain day dedicated to romance on the greeting card calendar falling over a weekend this… Nat Bernstein February 5, 2016 Recommended Reading Spring 2016 Book Preview Posted by Nat BernsteinJanuary 2016Primo Levi’s Resistance by Sergio Luzzatto (Metropolitan Books)The Road to Resilience: From Chaos to… Nat Bernstein January 12, 2016 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Fire and Ice Posted by Nat BernsteinIf you had to guess which month of the year sees the highest cookbook sales, you might place your bet on one boasting a bountiful season… Nat Bernstein January 5, 2016 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 3 Next page ›› Fiction The Virgins Pamela Erens Fiction The Pawnbroker Edward Lewis Wallant Fiction Panic in a Suitcase Yelena Akhtiorskaya Nonfiction Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation Stephen Smith Fiction The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig; Anthea Bell, trans. Visual Arts The Wes Anderson Collection Matt Zoller Seitz; Eric C. Anderson, illus.; Michael Chabon, intro. Fiction The Last Animal Abby Geni Nonfiction J. D. Salinger: The Escape Artist Thomas Beller Nonfiction Did Jew Know?: A Handy Primer on the Customs, Culture & Practice of the Chosen People Emily Stone Fiction One More Thing B.J. Novak Fiction The Book of Jonah Joshua Max Feldman Nonfiction Kafka: The Years of Insight Reiner Stach; Shelley Frisch, trans. Visual Arts Jews of Today: A Primer on Hasidic Dress Michael Levin Fiction The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. Adelle Waldman Cookbook The Macaroon Bible Dan Cohen; Alice Gao, photographs Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ››
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… 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… 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… Nat Bernstein June 21, 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… 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… 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
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Warp Posted by Nat BernsteinYou know how some shows take a few episodes to find their legs? I initially gave up on Parks and Recreation, for example,… Nat Bernstein March 18, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Orphan #8 Posted by Nat BernsteinOrphan Number Eight author Kim Van Alkemade shared the cover for the novel’s new large-print edition last week, and it’s no wonder she’s… Nat Bernstein March 8, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Love from the Very Hungry Caterpillar Posted by Nat BernsteinI don’t know anyone who didn’t grow up with Eric Carle, whether has a young reader or a parent or a grandparent.… Nat Bernstein February 11, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Poems That Make Grown Women Cry Posted by Nat BernsteinIt’s already February, and with a certain day dedicated to romance on the greeting card calendar falling over a weekend this… Nat Bernstein February 5, 2016
Recommended Reading Spring 2016 Book Preview Posted by Nat BernsteinJanuary 2016Primo Levi’s Resistance by Sergio Luzzatto (Metropolitan Books)The Road to Resilience: From Chaos to… Nat Bernstein January 12, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Fire and Ice Posted by Nat BernsteinIf you had to guess which month of the year sees the highest cookbook sales, you might place your bet on one boasting a bountiful season… Nat Bernstein January 5, 2016
Nonfiction Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation Stephen Smith
Visual Arts The Wes Anderson Collection Matt Zoller Seitz; Eric C. Anderson, illus.; Michael Chabon, intro.
Nonfiction Did Jew Know?: A Handy Primer on the Customs, Culture & Practice of the Chosen People Emily Stone
