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September 26, 2019, 11:46 am
The Book List
By NJJN Staff
September 26, 2019, 11:35 am
Book festival to feature Jewish authors, themes
By NJJN Staff
September 26, 2019, 11:26 am
Leaf through fall’s new releases
By Sandee Brawarsky
Ideal job: Sarah Hurwitz, on being asked if she could be a speechwriter for any Jew in history, said she would choose Moses to “help bring out his integrity and vulnerability.”
September 4, 2019, 12:26 pm
Former Obama speechwriter finds her own voice, in Judaism
By Gary Rosenblatt
The author and her son. Courtesy of Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
April 24, 2019, 12:21 pm
Understanding disability through memoir
By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Susan Weingarten explores the development of this seder tradition.
April 10, 2019, 12:46 pm
Fruits of their (forced) labor
First-ever book on charoset unravels the mysteries of the ritual dish
By Sandee Brawarsky
Author Janet Benton (Photo by Steve Ladner)
April 8, 2019, 11:10 am
Quaker character appeals to author’s Jewishness
In novel, unwed mother keeps baby despite prejudice
By Michele Alperin
Can you decipher this? The new emoji haggadah is bound to strike up conversation at the seder table. (Courtesy of Martin Bodek)
April 3, 2019, 12:30 pm
The Haggadah, symbolically speaking
By Steve Lipman
Gorfinkel’s haggadah tells the story of Passover in graphic form. Pictured here, a portion of the cover. (Courtesy of Koren Publishers)
April 3, 2019, 11:50 am
Exodus story now a graphic novel
By Steve Lipman
March 6, 2019, 2:51 pm
Books and authors galore at Metuchen synagogue
By NJJN Staff
March 6, 2019, 2:44 pm
The Book List
By NJJN Staff
March 6, 2019, 2:33 pm
The spring season in books
By Sandee Brawarsky
Elie Wiesel
November 28, 2018, 12:58 pm
Elie Wiesel, still teaching us
New memoir by the Nobel laureate’s teaching assistant offers life lessons from the classroom
By Gary Rosenblatt
Tali Lando Aronoff: Cancer bout made her an “empathetic” doctor.
November 14, 2018, 1:08 pm
Grappling with ‘the monster’
A surgeon and cancer survivor with N.J. ties offers a post-diagnosis guide
By Sandee Brawarsky
Author Kate Friedman-Siegel, right, and her “drone mom,” Kim Friedman
November 5, 2018, 11:05 am
JFCS to welcome ‘Crazy Jewish Mom,’ long-suffering (but proud) daughter
By Michele Alperin
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