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Book reading and discussion with jennifer rosner jewish. The jcrc of greater washington is the chief government advocate and community relations resource for our jewish community. Etan ilfeld is the author of duchamp versus einstein and holds a physics degree from stanford university. Jewish book council, the, the literary arm of the organized jewish community. Welcome to the jewish community relations council of. Jewish federation of new mexico new mexicos center for. The awards, presented by category, the national jewish book awards is an award that has been given out annually by the jewish book council since 1948. The natan fund and the jewish book council launch natan. He is also a senior associate of clal, the national jewish center for learning and leadership. The national jewish book awards is an award that has been given out annually by the jewish book council since 1948. Join us during the week of yom hashoah for a conversation with jennifer rosner, debut novelist of the yellow bird sings.
As german forces occupied poland and territories farther east, they forced each community of jews to elect a jewish council, or judenrat, which would enforce nazi orders. Bari weiss is an oped staff editor and writer for the new york times, which she joined in 2017 after working at the wall street journal and tablet magazine. A book cannot be considered for an awards category merely because its author is jewish. Jewish book council, founded in 1944, is the longestrunning organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of jewish literature.
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