Book Smarts: February 2023
Seeking your next good read? The Ivy Bookshop’s Emma Snyder offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
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Sending Out Signals
Dr. Beth B. Hogans’ latest book aims to help expand the understanding of chronic pain among providers and patients.
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Finding the Greater in Later
Laura Black’s new book helps older women retain their identity and dignity.
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Local Author Harry Ezratty’s Newest Book Sheds Light on Sephardic History and Roots
Jmore talked with local author Harry Ezratty about his latest novel, “Searching for Solomon Henriques,” which offers a glimpse of often overlooked American Jewish history.
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Book Smarts: January 2023
Seeking your next good read? The Ivy Bookshop’s Emma Snyder offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
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Columbia-based author Michael Oberman is shown here last October during a trip to Ithaca, New York, to photograph waterfalls. (Provided photo)
Author Michael Oberman Looks Back on his Years as a Music Columnist
Columbia resident Michael Oberman’s book “Fast Forward, Play and Rewind” is a collection of his interviews with rock luminaries of the ’60s and ’70s.
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Sara Yoheved Rigler: “Virtually everybody who talks to me says, ‘I thought I was the only one.’ I wanted to just let people out of the closet and realize they're part of a very large phenomenon.” (Provided photo)
Author Sara Yoheved Rigler to Speak about Reincarnation and the Holocaust at Etz Chaim Event
The American-born Israeli writer believes tens of thousands of people in the world today are “souls of the Holocaust.”
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Anna Salton Eisen: "Knowing the story allowed me to grieve. That was the purpose of writing the book." (Provided photo)
Anna Salton Eisen’s Memoir Chronicles Discovery of her Father’s Holocaust Experiences
Jmore talked with Anna Salton Eisen about her new memoir about her father’s story and her own experience as a second-generation Holocaust survivor.
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Rabbi Mark Elber: "Our tradition is a vast culture and civilization. If one is willing to engage in it, I believe they will find great life wisdom." (Provided photo)
Rabbi/Poet Mark Elber to Speak at Baltimore Hebrew about his Award-Winning Book ‘Headstone’
Jmore spoke with Rabbi Mark Elber about his book, “Headstone,” the role of Jewish mysticism in his life and more ahead of his upcoming talk at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation.
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Book Smarts: Fall 2022
Seeking your next good read? The Ivy Bookshop’s Emma Snyder offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
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President Joe Biden (left) and former President Donald Trump (Jim Watson, Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images, via JTA)
Unfortunately, The Joke’s Actually On Us
Andy Borowitz’s new book “Profiles in Ignorance” rings true regarding today’s political climate, writes Michael Olesker.
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