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Aug
26
Marilla

“Frumkiss” is required reading according to Zoomer Magazine

“Frumkiss” is required reading according to Zoomer Magazine The Frumkiss Family Business gets its first recommendation in the September edition of Zoomer Magazine, Canada's boomer lifestyle magazine. We're thrilled at this early support for the book from Moses Znaimer's publication that describes zoomers as "baby boomers with zip" and is aimed at Canadians over 45 "who embrace life with experience and confidence and who aren't afraid of change". Michael was...
May
28
Marilla

Sacramento Book Review of “How to Be a Mentsh”

Sacramento Book Review of “How to Be a Mentsh” It's late, but we'll take it! This review of "Mentsh" is great. Thank God for Google Alerts! This morning we picked up this great review of How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck) from the Sacramento Book Review. It was published today - nearly nine months after the publication of How to Be a Mentsh - and is written by Claude M. Ury. With a brilliant writing style which has made him one...
Nov
19
Marilla

How to Be a Mentsh gets reviewed in Jewish Book World

How to Be a Mentsh gets reviewed in Jewish Book World How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck) is reviewed in the winter edition of Jewish Book World. "Wex uses traditional sources, like the Talmud’s stories about the great Hillel, to define ‘mentshhood’ as empathetic awareness of the feelings and needs of others combined with principled avoidance of inflicting harm and shame on others." To read the review in full go to the How to Be a Mentsh...
Oct
8
Marilla

First Kvetch review in the UK

First Kvetch review in the UK Born to Kvetch was published in England for the first time a couple of weeks ago and has just received its first review in the Jewish Chronicle. Some academics have been complaining about Born to Kvetch. This is, after all, a book that has zero inhibition regarding vulgarity. It is, moreover, quite politically incorrect and provocative. For example, there is plenty and more on the traditional...
Oct
7
Marilla

How to Be a Mentsh receives a starred review in Publishers Weekly

How to Be a Mentsh receives a starred review in Publishers Weekly How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck) got a starred review in Publishers Weekly this week. Publishers Weekly is widely considered the publishing industry's bible and every writer hopes for a starred review. And Mentsh got one! "...this lesson in language and culture is rooted in a shocking degree of scholarship; happily, it’s also blessed with humor, grace and a well-developed sense of contemporary pop...
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