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July Book of the Month: Bloodlines by Neville Frankel

Meryll
Sunday, 02 July 2017
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July Book of the Month:  Bloodlines by Neville Frankel
Leslie and I began writing Jewish Luck with an underlying question in our minds—what would life have been like had our grandparents not left Russia before the Revolution? What would it have been like to grow up in the Soviet Union? Neville Frankel began his novel, Bloodlines, with a similar question—what would it have been like to be part of a midd...
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June Author of the Month--Joseph Kanon

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Monday, 01 May 2017
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June Author of the Month--Joseph Kanon
​Leslie and I have moved far afield from recommending books that connect to Jewish Luck. This month's author has set his upcoming novel, Defectors, in Moscow.There is at least a tenuous connection now to Jewish Luck.  The main reason for my recommendation is that Kanon's books create a world.Like many authors, Kanon favors one genre—the thrill...
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April Book of the Month: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

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Wednesday, 01 March 2017
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April Book of the Month: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Once upon a time, an evil king sentenced a kind Count to life imprisonment in a sprawling palace. Formerly ensconced in his plush and gilded quarters the Count was to the drafty garret. Nina, a spritely young girl, rescued the count bringing him back to life in his reduced surroundings. Alas, he couldn't rescue the grown-up Nina...
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February Author of the Month: Marshall Goldman

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Saturday, 31 December 2016
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February Author of the Month: Marshall Goldman
Although Petrostate: Putin, Power and the New Russia. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008) has little to do with Jewish Luck, Leslie and I read Marshall Goldman's economic analysis of Putin's impact on Russia's economic growth since he took office as prime minister in 1999 and president in 2000.Goldman's question is a good one and although it is...
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December Author of the Month: Jonas Hassen Khemiri

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Thursday, 01 December 2016
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Jonas Hassen Khemiri has won more than thirteen literary awards in his thirty-eight years. After reading Montecore:The Silence of the Tiger, I am not surprised. This novel won the PO Enquist Literary Prize, Sweden's highest honor for a young author. Montecore was recommended to me by Professor Emeritus Roland Thorstensson of the Swedish Studies Dep...
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Meryll
Meryll
09 April 2021
Jewish on the Down Low
I snapped up the invitation to speak at a zoom meeting for the Jewish Affinity Group from Columbus School for Girls. Self-quarantining for almost a year has made me hungry to talk about Jewish Luck. It's certainly clear from the news that Vera and Alla's perceptions about the "New" Russia are just as relevant now as they were when Vera first encountered Putin in Leningrad.More than the intellectua...
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Leslie
Leslie
07 February 2021
American Kompromat
What I learned from American Kompromat by Craig Unger (2021) Dutton: NYC has prompted me to write a blog. Trigger Warning: This book contains potentially distressing content that could trigger trauma that we have experienced regarding the previous US President. I whisper this mantra to myself: "We're safe now. He's gone. We're safe now." The purpose of this exercise is to reduce my blood pre...
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Leslie
31 January 2021
Alexey Navalny: Intrepid SuperHero of Russia
"Faster than a speeding bullet." .Organized anti-government rallies in 109 cities across Russia from jail for January 23 and January 30, 2021. Watch each weekend. "More powerful than a locomotive."  Able to make a miraculous recovery from Novichok poisoning on Aug. 20, 2020 after remaining in a coma for nearly a month. His is the only known case of survival of that strain of Novichok. "...
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"I was very fortunate to be able to hear Meryll and Leslie speak at a Hadassah event in Israel. Each of the ~50 participants really enjoyed the event because Meryll and Leslie were so engaging. While they had a natural rapport with the audience, you could also tell they had prepared well so they could connect with our particular group's interests. I learned a lot from listening to them, and I found their sisterly interaction unique and fun. If you want an enlightening and uplifting experience, attend one of their book talks."
Lisa Shimoni, Modiin Israel

Book Review

"Truly, you have written a story that makes accessible the reality of existence in Russia, through the eyes of individuals who lived through the various regimes and dictates.  It is fascinating and very well told.  As I read Vera and Alla's story, I learned more Russian history than I had known from a textbook.  That's a big deal, women!  You tell the tale with vivid detail and hook us on the two women and their stories, then weave in the history to illuminate their journeys. It is such a necessary book.  I am thrilled that the two of you collaborated, as I can see the uniqueness of your personalities come through in the stories, and that, too, makes the book a gem."
Margaret Leibfried, Danielson Group consultant

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Meryll
Meryll
02 July 2017
July Book of the Month:  Bloodlines by Neville Frankel
July Book of the Month: Bloodlines by Neville Frankel
Leslie and I began writing Jewish Luck with an underlying question in our minds—what would life have...
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