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Nurture the WOW: On Parenting Spirituality
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg share the mundane and mystical, frustrating and fascinating, physical and philosophical aspects of raising children.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg share the mundane and mystical, frustrating and fascinating, physical and philosophical aspects of raising children.
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Judy Blume
Blume’s ability to translate childhood empathy onto the page, to articulate with directness and compassion just how her readers are feeling and thinking, has earned her a loyal fan base for 50 years.

Blume’s ability to translate childhood empathy onto the page, to articulate with directness and compassion, has earned her a loyal fan base for 50 years.

A World War II Love Story, Seen Through Letters

With the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe looming in June, this collection of almost 2,500 pieces of correspondence is particularly touching.

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Jewish Gumshoes Abroad

by Curt Schleier

New thrillers 'The Tunnel' and 'Holy Ceremony' are gritty pageturners with a Jewish twist.

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Descendants of Crypto-Jews in ‘Gateway to the Moon’

by Amy Klein

In her epic 'Gateway to the Moon,' Mary Morris follows seven generations of the de Torres family from 15th-century Spain to the hills of New Mexico in 1992.

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Gary Shteyngart’s ‘Lake Success’

by Stewart Kampel

Shteyngart's rollicking, fast-paced tale about grifters, hustlers and smug millionaires holds a mirror to today's America.

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Author Talk: Carol Zoref

by Peter Ephross

Professor Carol Zoref discusses her award-winning novel, 'Barren Island,' which deftly explores immigrant life, poverty, religion and coming of age in the first half of the 20th century.