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Madame Alexan­der: The Cre­ator of the Icon­ic Amer­i­can Doll
Sarah Goldman Rubin; Sarah Dvojack, illus.
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Jew­ish Sum­mer Camp and the Myth of the ​“Seri­ous”

San­dra Fox
June 12, 2023
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Inau­gur­al Event for Glob­al Jew­ish Lit­er­ary Alliance Con­nects Jew­ish Writ­ers and Readers 

JBC Staff
May 17, 2023
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Kib­b­itz and Nosh: When We All Met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria
Mar­cia Brick­er Halperin
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Non­fic­tion
Pray­ing with Jane Eyre: Reflec­tions on Read­ing as a Sacred Practice
Vanessa Zoltan
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Poet­ry
I.
Ger­ald Stern
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Hon­or­ing the Lega­cy of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Poet Hyam Plutzik

Edward Moran
April 17, 2023
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Books Like Sap­phires: From the Library of Con­gress Judaica Collection
Ann Bren­er
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Jew­ish­ness, Female­ness, and a New Era of Peak TV

Saman­tha Pickette
April 14, 2023
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Deb­bie’s Song
Ellen Leventhal; Natalia Grebtsova, illus.
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Arthur Szyk: Artist and Activist

Alli­son Claire Chang
April 3, 2023
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Nine Jew­ish Writ­ers Share Their Must-Read Books for Wom­en’s His­to­ry Month

JBC Staff
March 13, 2023
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A Place to Belong: Deb­bie Fried­man Sings Her Way Home
Deborah Lakritz; Julie Castano, illus. 
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A Per­fect Fit: How Lena ​“Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion
Mara Rockliff; Juana Martinez-Neal, illus.
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Duct Tape Purim
Jill Col­lela Bloomfield
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