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Non­fic­tion
Prous­t­ian Uncer­tain­ties: On Read­ing and Reread­ing In Search of Lost Time
Saul Friedlän­der
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Fic­tion
Mur­der is For­ev­er: A Dia­mond Dis­trict Mystery
Rob Bates
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Chil­dren’s
The New Queen of Sheba
Rab­bi Bar­ry L. Schwartz
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Poet­ry
Now at the Thresh­old: The Late Poems of Tuvia Ruebner
Tuvia Ruebner, Rachel Tzvia Black (trans.)
Poetry

Excerpt: Jew­ish Futurisms

Rab­bi Joshua Bolton
February 11, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
Amer­i­can Jew­ish Thought Since 1934: Writ­ings on Iden­ti­ty, Engage­ment, and Belief
Edited by Michael Marmur and David Ellenson 
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Visu­al Arts
Grief: The Biog­ra­phy of a Holo­caust Photograph
David Schneer
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Chil­dren’s
The Chal­lah Girl
Bracha K. Sharp, Anita Tung (illus.)
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2020 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Winners

JBC Staff
January 27, 2021
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Illu­mi­na­tion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Mark Podwal

Ada Brun­stein
January 25, 2021
Essay—Poetry

Spec­u­la­tive Chess­board of Erot­ic Space-Travel 

Jake Marmer
January 22, 2021
Essay

“Can you for­give some­one who does­n’t apol­o­gize?”: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Susan Shapiro

Emi­ly Stone
January 19, 2021
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Chil­dren’s
The Abba Tree
Devora Busheri, Gal Shkedi (illus.)
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Poet­ry
City of Skypapers
Marcela Sulak
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Non­fic­tion
It Could Lead to Danc­ing: Mixed-Sex Danc­ing and Jew­ish Modernity
Sonia Gollance
Essay

Write What You Know: How My Sovi­et Jew­ish Immi­grant Expe­ri­ence Final­ly Became a Book

Ali­na Adams
January 12, 2021
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