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New books: marvelous menorahs, purple gorillas and back to ’64 Berkeley

An angst-ridden purple gorilla and a bear mistaken for a rabbi (via Eric Kimmel) are among the characters who enliven the Hanukkah celebration in new holiday books.

New books: marvelous menorahs, purple gorillas and back to ’64 Berkeley

An angst-ridden purple gorilla and a bear mistaken for a rabbi (via master storyteller author Eric Kimmel) enliven the Hanukkah celebration in new holiday books for children, families and young adults.

Beastie Boys to write a memoir

Michael Diamond (Mike D.) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock), the two surviving Beastie Boys, have signed a deal with Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, to write a book about their career. According to The New York Times, the Jewish rappers plan on being as out of the box in their writing as they […]

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