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Bonnie J. Gordon

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Did you ever have the feeling that destiny is waiting for you right around the corner? I was turning corners for years - decades, actually - until I ended up writing tweener books in Northeast Ohio and becoming an English teacher. I've been a singer-songwriter in Berlin, a kibbutznik in Israel, a romantic poet in Bennington, a chick-lit short fictionist in Iowa City, a foreign correspondent in Munich and a ghostwriter in New York City. I've taught music to toddlers, piano to adults, singing to teenagers and English as a Second Language to German filmmakers. Even now I teach Hebrew, philosophy and music in addition to English in my beautiful suburb outside of Cleveland. I don't think I could be any happier, because I can't imagine a better l ...more

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Ancient Names and the Stories They Tell

Through statistical analysis of Hebrew names found in Iron Age archaeological digs, researchers are discovering cultural differences between the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

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