December 2, 2014
Thanksgiving
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November 26, 2014
The UnAmericans by Molly Antopol **** (of 4)
Eight short stories about young and old Jews in America and in Israel and every character elicits your sympathy. Antopol starts her stories in the...
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Yiddishkeit by Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle *** (of 4)
Even the title of the book isn’t really translatable, encompassing as it does more than a language. Yiddishkeit is a people, it’s culture, and an...
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Indonesia Etc. by Elisabeth Pisani *** (of 4)
Indonesia is the fourth largest country in the world comprised of more than 10,000 islands and hundreds of languages and cultures. From west to east...
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Rustic Rye
Made this one to share with my senior thesis students. It was 11/11/14. November 11 is the feast day of St. Martin of Tours, Germany,...
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Agent Zigzag by Ben McIntyre *** (of 4)
Prior to the outbreak of WWII, the British citizen Eddie Chapman spent his youth blowing safes and robbing banks. Passing in and out of jails, Chapman...
Read More about Agent Zigzag by Ben McIntyre *** (of 4) October 23, 2014
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny **** (of 4)
Sixteen monks live in an isolated Canadian monastery dedicated to Pure Gregorian Chant, God, and the obscure Saint Gilbert. Until there are fifteen monks because the...
Read More about The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny **** (of 4) October 16, 2014
World Bread Day!
Organized in Germany with submissions of breads and blogs from scores of countries around the world, it’s the ninth annual World Bread Day. You can...
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The Good Lord Bird by James McBride *** (of 4)
Of course I’ve heard of John Brown, the abolitionist, who tried to start an insurrection and free the slaves by himself. But, truth is, that...
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