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Book Smarts: January 2023

January 3, 2023January 2, 2023 Emma Snyder

Seeking your next good read? The Ivy Bookshop’s Emma Snyder offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.

Columbia-based author Michael Oberman is shown here last October during a trip to Ithaca, New York, to photograph waterfalls. (Provided photo)

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Author Michael Oberman Looks Back on his Years as a Music Columnist

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

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.

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)

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Author Sara Yoheved Rigler to Speak about Reincarnation and the Holocaust at Etz Chaim Event

November 17, 2022November 11, 2022 Jesse Berman

The American-born Israeli writer believes tens of thousands of people in the world today are “souls of the Holocaust.”

Anna Salton Eisen: "Knowing the story allowed me to grieve. That was the purpose of writing the book." (Provided photo)

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Anna Salton Eisen’s Memoir Chronicles Discovery of her Father’s Holocaust Experiences

November 3, 2022November 2, 2022 Simone Ellin, Associate Editor

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.

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)

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Rabbi/Poet Mark Elber to Speak at Baltimore Hebrew about his Award-Winning Book ‘Headstone’

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

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

October 21, 2022October 19, 2022 Emma Snyder

Seeking your next good read? The Ivy Bookshop’s Emma Snyder offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.

President Joe Biden (left) and former President Donald Trump (Jim Watson, Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images, via JTA)

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Unfortunately, The Joke’s Actually On Us

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 Michael Olesker

Andy Borowitz’s new book “Profiles in Ignorance” rings true regarding today’s political climate, writes Michael Olesker.

While recently visiting Dachau, Arthur J. Magida catches up with Sister Irmengard, mother superior of the Catholic convent there. (Photo by Tanja Mancinelli)

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Local Jewish Writer Speaks at Dachau in Memory of Martyred Sufi Spy

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 Simone Ellin, Associate Editor

Arthur J. Magida, author of “Code Name Madeleine,” says the talk was a life-changing experience.

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Journalist Robert Friedman Writes Memoir of Decades Covering Puerto Rico’s People and Culture

August 30, 2022August 22, 2022 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

In his new book “Puerto Rico: 1965 to 1990,” award-winning veteran journalist and author Robert Friedman, who now lives in Silver Spring, offers a personal and nostalgic account of living and working in Puerto Rico for more than two decades.