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The Book of Life: Jewish people and the books we read

The Book of Life: Jewish people and the books we read

The Book Of Life: Jewish People And The Books We Read

The Book of Life is produced by the Feldman Library at Congregation B'nai Israel. The show features author interreof books, music, and film, and commentary from community members on a life of Jewish reading.

Jewish Book Month's Hot Authors

A chat with Lisa Silverman of the Jewish Book Council about the authors going on tour this fall for Jewish Book Month. bookoflifepodcast.com
2 weeks ago

Pick Up the Phone

The Book of Life now has voicemail, courtesy of Google Voice. We're waiting to hear from you, at 561-206-2473.
2 weeks ago

Kvetchfessional!

Author Simone Elkeles and kidlit expert June Cum discuss trends in Jewish YA chick lit. bookoflifepodcast.com
3 weeks ago

Podcasters Across Borders: Connie Crosby

Connie Crosby was one of the very interesting people I met at Podcasters Across Borders. We talked about the session she gave on The Shanachies. bookoflifepodcast.com
1 month ago

Running for My Life

Ann Gonzales, author of Running For My Life, talks about her mother's mental illness, her own PTSD, and her writing. Ann put in the winning bid for a Book of Life interview in the Bridget Zinn auction. bookoflifepodcast.com
2 months ago

Jacqueline Dembar Greene, In Full

When I first attempted to post this interview, the audio got cut off halfway through. Here, with my apologies, is the full episode. Jacqueline Dembar Greene talks about the Jewish character she created for the American Girl series, and about her High ...
2 months ago

Jacqueline Dembar Greene, In Full

When I first attempted to post this interview, the audio got cut off halfway through. Here, with my apologies, is the full episode. Jacqueline Dembar Greene talks about the Jewish character she created for the American Girl series, and about her High ...
2 months ago

Jacqueline Dembar Greene

An interview with Jacqueline Dembar Greene, author of the American Girl series on Rebecca Rubin, and the picture book The Secret Shofar of Barcelona. bookoflifepodcast.com
2 months ago

ForWords Is Back!

ForWords, Kathy Bloomfield's beloved Jewish book fair company, relaunches in a new format on 09/09/09! We've missed Kathy! Here she is to tell us about the new ForWords. bookoflifepodcast.com
3 months ago

New Year at the Pier, Take Two

When I uploaded my interview with April Halprin Wayland, author of New Year at the Pier, I didn't realize that the end of the interview had been cut off! Here is the complete interview, with my apologies (appropriate for a High Holidays epsiode, ...
3 months ago

New Year at the Pier

Author April Halperin Wayland talks about her Rosh Hashanah picture book, New Year at the Pier. bookoflifepodcast.com
3 months ago

Why Be Social? Part 4, Create-Consume-Contribute

Why be social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape! Blogger and podcaster Mark Blevis joins Heidi to talk about what it means to participate in life online. bookoflifepodcast.com
08/19/09

Why Be Social? Part 3, Suggestions

Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape! Alx Block of the Jewish Publication Society weighs in with a list of Jewish-content blogs and podcasts. bookoflifepodcast.com
08/19/09

Why Be Social? Part 2, Definitions

Why be social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape! Attendees at the Association of Jewish Libraries convention come up with their own definitions of "blog" and "podcast." bookoflifepodcast.com
08/19/09

Why Be Social? Part 1, Philosophy

Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape! Part 1 in the Why Be Social series considers the philosophical aspects of technology in our lives, during a breakfast chat at the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 ...
08/19/09

Book Expo: Jewish Books for Kids

Interwith publishers and authors, from the show floor at Book Expo America 2009. This episode highlights Jewish books for kids and teens. bookoflifepodcast.com
08/05/09

Book Expo: Jewish Authors Etc.

More interfrom Book Expo America 2009, this time with authors who've written Jewish books for adults. Plus, we find the Jewish angle on the National Book Award and the Books on the Nightstand blog and podcast. www.bookoflifepodcast.com
07/27/09

Book Expo: Jewish Titles for Adults

Interfrom the show floor at Book Expo America 2009. We ask publishers to tell us about their new Jewish interest books for adults. bookoflifepodcast.com
07/13/09

Mark Blevis, Kidlit Podcaster

Mark Blevis, podcasting guru and kidlit fan, took a moment from running the Podcasters Across Borders conference to talk about his upcoming gig at the Association of Jewish Libraries convention, and about his podcast, Just One More Book.
06/26/09