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"Shoshana von Blanckensee didn’t think anyone would ever read “Girls Girls Girls.” The 47-year-old #queer #Jewish #writer and oncology nurse isn’t being self-effacing when she says this to me over Zoom. Realistic would perhaps be a better word.

When she first started writing what would become her debut #novel about 20 years ago, queer #novels mostly didn’t get #published. And if they did, they were smaller releases through independent #publishers. Shoshana worked on “Girls Girls Girls” long enough to see queer novels and voices force their way into the cultural arena and zeitgeist. But even with that shift, Shoshana thought she was just muscling her way through to the end of a #manuscript, finishing the #book for the sake of finishing it.

I cannot begin to express how thrilled I am that she was wrong."

heyalma.com/girls-girls-girls-

Hey Alma · ‘Girls Girls Girls’ Is an Intimate Portrait of Being Young, Jewish and Gay in the ’90sBy Evelyn Frick
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"Plenty of #books have been #published for young #children, aiming to help them learn to recognize and put a name to the feelings that overwhelm them: anger, fear, worry, sadness and confusion. But until recently there were few to none that specifically targeted the #observant #Jewish #child. Enter Chanie Kamman, #Chabad #shlucha in #Stamford, #Connecticut, who has lately filled this gap. Kamman says she began #writing almost by accident. The mother of seven takes seriously the late #Lubavitcher #Rebbe’s dictum that all visual images have a deep and lasting effect, saying that she strives to create an environment of purity and holiness in her home."

jewishlink.news/stamford-child

The Jewish Link · Stamford Children’s Author Publishes New Book - The Jewish LinkChanie Kamman’s newest book is a Jewish approach to social emotional learning. Highlighting: “Every Body Is: Nurturing Self-Acceptance Through Torah Values” by Chanie Kamman. Feldheim Publishers. 2025. 40 pages. ISBN-10: 1680256912. Plenty of books have been published for young children, aiming to help them learn to recognize and put a name to the feelings that […]
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"It’s a thrill to celebrate the #publication of two first #English-language #poetry collections by major figures of #Jewish-#Russian #literature, Ilya Ehrenburg (1891-1967) and Semyon Lipkin (1911-2003). Both the #Kyiv-born and #Moscow-raised Ehrenburg and the #Odessa-born and raised Lipkin originated from what is now #Ukraine and made the Russian language their home. These English-language versions of Ehrenburg’s poetry (passionately transposed by the Russian-American #poet Anna Krushelnitskaya and #published by Smokestack #Books) and of Lipkin’s poetry (lovingly curated by the late Jewish-#British poet Yvonne Green and published by Hendon Press) come at a challenging time. A judgment of #literary work is particularly complicated when #Russia’s bombs and missiles are falling on Ukraine and, as a backlash, when streets named after #Russophone authors, some of them #Jews, are being renamed or unrenamed in #Ukrainian cities."

jewishjournal.com/spiritual/po

Jewish Journal · Unutterable Art: Jewish-Russian Poets Gain New Lives in EnglishCritical review of two first English-language poetry collections by major figures of Jewish-Russian literature, Ilya Ehrenburg and Semyon Lipkin.
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"#Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, a gifted teacher and dynamic educator, has influenced thousands of #Jewish leaders over his long #rabbinic career. #Philosopher Steven Katz claimed that “no Jewish thinker has had a greater impact on the #American Jewish community in the last two decades than Irving (Yitz) Greenberg.” Rabbi and author Joseph Telushkin described him as “one of #Judaism’s great gifts to the world,” while rabbi and activist Avi Weiss hailed him as “one of the seminal thinkers of our generation.”

Greenberg’s recently #published magnum opus, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative #Theology of Judaism, is arguably the most compelling and thought-provoking $book to grace the Jewish #bookshelf this year."

jpost.com/israel-news/culture/

The Jerusalem Post | JPost.comReviewing 'The Triumph of Life,' Rabbi Yitz Greenberg's new book on Jews | The Jerusalem PostGreenberg’s recently published magnum opus, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism, is arguably the most compelling and thought-provoking book to grace the Jewish bookshelf this year. 
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