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  • Adja Yunkers, ‘Rosh Hashanah,’ 1974
    Adja Yunkers, ‘Rosh Hashanah,’ 1974
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    Shul Books

    A list of books to augment your time in synagogue (but don’t read them during the rabbi’s sermon, it’s rude)

    byTevi Troy
  • The chained library in Hereford Cathedral, Herefordshire, England
    The chained library in Hereford Cathedral, Herefordshire, England
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    The Chained Reader

    How the logic of machines makes us less human

    byDavid Samuels
  • Daniel Goldin
    Daniel Goldin
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    The Epicurus of Mexico City

    After a lifetime dedicated to expanding literacy, Daniel Goldin now wants to build public spaces for Mexicans of different backgrounds to read, rest, and play

    byAlan Grabinsky
  • Cuban children play baseball in Havana, on March 16, 2016.
    Cuban children play baseball in Havana, on March 16, 2016.
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    Nine Notable Jewish Baseball Books for Kids

    And only one is about Sandy Koufax

    byMarjorie Ingall
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    The Best Children’s Passover Books

    Did someone say ‘afikomen gift’?

    byMarjorie Ingall
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    (Sean/Flickr)
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    The People of the Book vs. The People of the Kindle

    What happens when our libraries are purged from our homes, replacing spines with screens?

    byAnn Marlowe
  • Argentine-born writer Alberto Manguel pictured Sept. 11, 2007, in his house of Mondion near the city of Châtellerault, France.(Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)
    Argentine-born writer Alberto Manguel pictured Sept. 11, 2007, in his house of Mondion near the city of Châtellerault, France.(Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Alberto Manguel and the Library of Babel

    The Argentinian-born man of letters, cosmopolitan defender of books and reading, is exiled to a world of his own making

    byMark Oppenheimer
  • (Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr)
    (Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr)
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    Bookends

    How serious is our society’s literacy problem? Unless we commit to being serious readers of a shared canon, we might as well stop reading altogether.

    byLiel Leibovitz
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