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W H A T ’ S N E W 4 P ro m o t in g Is ra e l ’s C om p o s e rs

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J E W S O F IR E L A N D 14 T im e l in e , C la n b ra s s i l S t r e e t R a y R iv lin

H e rz o g s and O th e r R a b b is 16 L e o po ld B lo om - W a s H e a

D u b l in J e w ? C o rm a c 0 G ra d a 17 Teenage L i fe in th e 1950s

B e a t r ic e S o fa e r -B e n n e t t R ob in Hood in th e C om m u n ity R a y R iv lin 18 P o l it ic a l Dublin

G e o f fre y W ig o d e r a n d M a r i ly n T aylo r 20 Ire la nd and i ts J ew s

G e o f fre y W ig o d e r, M a r ily n Taylor and A s h e r B enson 21 In D u b l in Now

J a n e t L e v in ta lk s to R abb i Z a lm a n Lent a nd v is its th e Ir ish J ew is h M useum 22 Up North

B r ia n R ob in son p a ys a nosta lg ic v is i t to Be lfa s t W a r t im e K ib b u tz 23 O u t W e s t J a n e t L e v in m e e ts J e w s o f

C o rk a nd o f Schull 24 T h e re is N o th in g L ik e th is Dame

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Ire la n d 's F irs t J ew is h Festival Harry K em o f f

SUCH A FUSS ABOUT A LEMON PAGE 8

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Very P o lis h a nd Very Jew is h G e o f fr e y A lv a re z B O O K S 4 5 E r r i d e L u cca

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Strange W a ys , Tales o f the Ten Lost Tribes, The Final Reckoning, Prisoners, Checkpoint, Jewish Parliamentarians, The Believers, Indignation, The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread, Bread: A Slice of History 52 Y o u n g R e a d e rs

Torah For Teens P O E T R Y 5 2 M ahm o u d D a rw is h

M ic hael Baron p a y s a tr ib u te 53 P o e try C h o ic e L iz C a s h d a n c h o o s e s a s e r ie s o f p o em s b y D e b o ra h F re em a n L E T T E R F R O M IS R A E L 5 4 V ie w f r om th e Sofa

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