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The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt

by Ruth Andrew Ellenson

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Twenty-eight of today’s top Jewish women writers tell the truth about all the things their rabbis warned them never to discuss in public in this hilarious and provocative collection.

Includes original essays on:
• Finding (and Divorcing) the Perfect Jewish Man
• Not Calling Your Mother
• Marrying a German
• Failing to Supply Enough Grandchildren
• Learning to RSVP No
• And many other guilty pleasures...

Includes pieces by:
Elisa Albert, Aimee Bender, Jennifer Bleyer, Kera show more Bolonik, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Baz Dreisinger, Pearl Gluck, Rebecca Goldstein, Lori Gottlieb, Lauren Grodstein, Dara Horn, Molly Jong-Fast, Rachel Kadish, Jenna Kalinsky, Cynthia Kaplan, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Amy Klein, Daphne Merkin, Tova Mirvis, Gina Nahai, Katie Rophie, Francesca Segré, Wendy Shanker, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Susan Shapiro, Ayelet Waldman, Rebecca Walker, Sheryl Zohn. show less

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Ruth Andrew Ellenson

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National Jewish Book Award (Winner – Women's Studies – 2005)

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Languages: English
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Published: 2005
Genres: Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
DDC/MDS: 305.48
LCC: HQ1172 .M64

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