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Barbara Bensoussan

Barbara Bensoussan

Barbara Bensoussan is the quintessential Jewish dropout who never finished her Ph.D. but went on to teach English and Introductory Psychology at the University of Michigan.  She worked as a social worker for OHEL, an ESL teacher, and various other stints before easing into full time writing.  Her 20-year-plus career followed the growth of frum publishing, and she wrote articles for many Jewish publications before settling in at Mishpacha.  Barbara is the author of the young adult novel A New Song (Targum), the food memoir The Well-Spiced Life (Israel Bookshop), and the co-author of Converted Masters, an art book; she has also authored private memoirs and taught writing workshops.  All of this, of course, gets accomplished in the margins of Barbara’s day job as a wife, mother and grandmother.

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Magazine Feature
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Run, Dov, Run
He was a regular guy from Brooklyn on his way to work. One snap made him a familiar face to millions
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Folk Hero
Even after three turbulent decades in the Jewish music industry and years of personal suffering, Moshe Yess left a legendary legacy ...
Profiles
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Are You Telling the Truth?
Dr. David Lieberman, a popular leader in the field of human behavior and relationships who has penned numerous self-help books, has used his techniques for consulting for the FBI ...
Magazine Feature
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Inspired and Inspiring
A Conversation with Charlie Harary,Words from the heart are taken to heart, and what Rabbi Moshe Ibn Ezra said many yea ...
Profiles
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
The Joke’s on Him
If you’re British and hear the name Ashley Blaker, you’ll probably start to giggle. Blaker, one of the funniest men in the British entertainment industry who today wears a black h ...
Magazine Feature
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Betting the House
For many people, social gambling is an innocuous way to pass the time. For others gambling is something more — an addictive thrill that adds excitement to life. Who is a candidate ...
Profiles
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Rallying Cry
For young Jews of the 1960s and 1970s, the cry “Let my people go” didn’t refer only to Pharaoh and Mitzrayim. This was also the battle cry of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry ...
Magazine Feature
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Avremel’s Way
When Avremel Zelmanowitz found himself alone with a colleague in a burning building, his kindness and loyalty created a kiddush Hashem that ricocheted around the globe.
Profiles
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
A Thousand Matzos A Minute
The Manischewitz company, which we Americans all grew up associating with Yiddish-speaking bubbys and matzoh-ball soup, is now ...
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