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    Twice Born: Find­ing My Father In the Mar­gins of Biography
    Hes­ter Kaplan
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    Trea­sures of the Diaspora

    Ann Lewin­son
    October 6, 2025
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    JBC Staff
    September 29, 2025
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    Joseph Bau
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    An Unfor­get­table Love Sto­ry: Joseph and Rebec­ca Bau

    Simona Zaret­sky
    September 15, 2025
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    Sam Suss­man
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    The Words We Wear After Octo­ber 7th

    Esh Hadaya
    September 8, 2025
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    Friend­ship and Fate: Nav­i­gat­ing Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in College

    Kit­ty Zeldis
    September 1, 2025
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    Simona Zaret­sky
    August 25, 2025
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    Ilana Kur­shan
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    Ketubah Renais­sance: The Art­ful Mod­ern Revival of the Jew­ish Mar­riage Contract
    Michael Shapiro
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    Jane Austen and Judaism

    Simona Zaret­sky
    August 4, 2025
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    100 Objects from the Col­lec­tions of the YIVO Insti­tute for Jew­ish Research
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    Paint­ing and Pol­i­tics: Bring­ing Wom­en’s Sto­ries to the Forefront

    B.A. Shapiro
    July 28, 2025
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