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Levinson-Krupp Library
Levinson-Krupp Library
This library was dedicated 50 years ago to the memory of Rebecca Lewin Levinson and Brannette Mayer Krupp by Justice and Mrs. Bernard Levinson. Over the years the library fell into disrepair, but starting in 2005 was redesigned… Continue reading
From the Yiddish Book Center
The Yiddish Book Center Weekly Reader
From Lorna Holmes
Der boym fun lebn: Chava Rosenfarb
November 1, 2021
If you were to visit the hometowns of some of the major postwar Yiddish writers, where would you go? New York… Continue reading
Sof History from Mat Sgan – Torah and Taro & Honey and Poi
Torah and Taro
Praise for Torah and Taro
February 10, 2021
Professor Edwin Yamauchi (B.A. UHM; M.A. and Ph.D. Brandeis University) Professor of Emeritus of History at Miami University of Ohio writes:
“I received and read Torah and Taro: Jewish… Continue reading
Books By Sof’ers
American Pastimes
A New Book by S.P. Goldstein
Sof Communications chair Sid Goldstein has just published a new book of baseball-themed short stories entitled American Pastimes. Here is the publisher’s press release that accompanied the launch of the book.… Continue reading
Sof Book Club Schedule
| Sundays | Pages | Kindle? | Title | Author | Focus |
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320
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If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir
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Ilana Kurshan
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Non-fiction. Author’s connection to Daf Yomi, the… Continue reading |
Sof Book Reviews
The Song of the Jade Lily: A Book Review
March 27, 2020
By Sid Goldstein
The novel, The Song of the Jade Lily, by Kirsty Manning deals with the little-known subject of the lives of Jewish refugees in Shanghai China… Continue reading
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- A Hanukkah miracle: Boris Johnson breaks a menorah seconds after receiving it as a giftThe episode gave Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who was standing next to Johnson, a good laugh. -- The post A Hanukkah miracle: Boris Johnson breaks a menorah seconds after receiving it as a gift appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.