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Howard Freedman

Howard Freedman

Howard Freedman is the director of the Jewish Community Library in San Francisco. All books mentioned in his column may be borrowed from the library.

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off the shelf | Etgar Kerets uncommon memoir and other good reads

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 7, 2015December 29, 2016
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off the shelf | Family conflict, scandal flavor three debut novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 5, 2015December 29, 2016
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off the shelf | New translations open windows on Jewish lives

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 1, 2015December 29, 2016
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off the shelf | New books about the Bible worth reading more than once

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 2, 2015December 29, 2016
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off the shelf | Why Jews depart from the family tent, or ruffle the folds

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 6, 2015December 29, 2016
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off the shelf | Where Jews worked in the world of our great-grandparents

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 6, 2015December 29, 2016
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off the shelf | Books provide fuller picture of Israels complexities, past and present

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 1, 2015December 29, 2016
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off the shelf | Book reviews: unfamiliar tales of Bibles heroes

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 2, 2014December 29, 2016
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off the shelf | Was diaspora good for the Jews Read on

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 7, 2014December 29, 2016
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off the shelf | Mystery, vice and murder infuse crop of new novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 3, 2014December 29, 2016

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