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Celebrating Israel with Books for Kids
By Kathy Bloomfield The first time I visited Israel, I was not yet Jewish, although we had decided to raise our children as Jews. We...
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Four Questions with Molly Birnbaum, Food Writer
When Molly Birnbaum started blogging in 2005, she was one of the first food bloggers on the scene. She had planned a career in the...
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The Librarian of Basra
By Jeanette Winter To draw attention to the importance of libraries for older readers, I’ve selected a unique story about the preservation of a library...
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Multiplication is for White People
Welcome to the GBJCL Bookclub! In this blog series, I post monthly reflections on books related to education. I encourage you to join in the...
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Interfaith-Friendly Holiday Books for Kids
By Kathy Bloomfield Ah, December…that most wonderful month filled with holidays of light, mountains of gift-giving, plates of mouth-watering treats, loads of love and joy,...
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Savage Inequalities
In this next installment in the GBJCL bookclub, we read Jonothan Kozol's Savage Inequalities. Imagine a school so crowded that multiple classes are held in...
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Four Questions with Mona Golabek, Star of "The Pianist of Willesden Lane"
Mona Golabek has truly followed in the footsteps of her mother. Golabek, an accomplished concert pianist, stars in The Pianist of Willesden Lane, a play...
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Tzedakah month at the PJ Library®
November is Tzedakah month at the PJ Library® (Tzedakah—or justice in Hebrew—generally refers to charity of deeds, money and words and helping others.) During the...
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Thanksgiving Books for Families
By Kathy Bloomfield Thanksgiving—Thursday, Nov. 22—is one of my favorite holidays. It’s an entire day to say “thank you” to our families, friends and even...
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Book review: The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler
“The girl was dead. Can you steal from the dead?” If you were fleeing the horrors of the Holocaust, would you? Wouldn’t you? Nancy Richler's The...
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