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From the audiobook cover of "The Exodus" by Richard Elliott Friedman
Posted inColumns

Two new books anatomize heavy-duty Torah concepts

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 12, 2017August 20, 2018
From the cover of "Hollywood's Spies" by Laura Rosenzweig
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Spying on Hollywood Nazis; How-to wedding novel; and more new books

by Liz Harris October 11, 2017October 10, 2017
Author Nathan Englander's new novel is "Dinner at the Center of the Earth." (Photo/Joshua Meier)
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In Israeli-Palestinian tensions, Englander finds fertile ground for new thriller

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller September 20, 2017September 20, 2017
Author Nicole Krauss (Photo/Gani Riskin)
Posted inCulture

Jews in flux ponder home, homeland in new Nicole Krauss novel

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller September 15, 2017September 13, 2017
Art from the new graphic novel based on "Diary of Anne Frank"
Posted inCulture

Anne Frank’s diary is now a comic book

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz September 11, 2017
Elizabeth Rosner (Photo/Judy Dater)
Posted inCulture

In ‘Survivor Café,’ this author and daughter of Holocaust survivors isn’t ready to let go

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 3, 2017September 6, 2017
From the cover of "An Egyptian Novel"
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New tales of Jewish families in Ireland, England, Middle East

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 29, 2017August 28, 2017
Michael Twitty gathers ingredients for okra soup and barbecue cottontail rabbit at Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Twitty)
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Black historian of southern cooking brings side of Jewish identity to S.F.

by Liz Harris August 21, 2017July 25, 2022
From the cover of "Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic" by Jason Turbow
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Sci-fi thriller; Shabbat as ‘oasis’; the ‘Dynastic, Bombastic’ Oakland A’s of the ’70s

by Liz Harris August 13, 2017August 17, 2017
From the cover of "Ways to Disappear" by Idra Novey
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End-of-summer reading that’s not too heavy, not too light

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 4, 2017August 7, 2017

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