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May 14, 2019 naomi ragen is an americanborn novelist, playwright and journalist who has lived in jerusalem since 1971. Naomi ragen is an americanborn novelist, playwright and journalist who has lived in jerusalem since 1971 and who writes regularly in the jerusalem post and to her mailing list about israel and jewish issues. In march, ragen was ordered by the jerusalem district court to pay nis 233,000 to author sarah shapiro, who claimed that ragens 1992 book sotah used parts of her own book growing with. An american, she has lived in jerusalem for the past forty years and was voted one. Naomi has published nine internationally best selling novels, and is the author of a hit play womens minyan which has been. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site.
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Now a classic listed among the one hundred most important jewish books of all time, jephtes daughter is bestselling author naomi ragens beloved first novel. Apr 24, 2007 were i confronted with naomi ragens book and its degree of resemblance to that of sarah shapiro, i might very well fail her, at the very least would demand a major rewrite what sarah shapiro wanted in the first place, though, to be honest, perhaps i would not level a formal plagiarism charge against her with universty authorities which. See all books authored by naomi ragen, including the sisters weiss, and the ghost of hannah mendes, and more on. Naomi ragen is the author of many novels, including several international bestsellers such as the tenth song.
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