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Cover of Torah in a Time of Plague: Historical and Contemporary Jewish Responses
Non­fic­tion
Torah in a Time of Plague: His­tor­i­cal and Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ish Responses
Erin Leib Smokler (Editor)
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Poet­ry
City of Skypapers
Marcela Sulak
Fiction—From the Journal

The Real­ist

Basia Wino­grad
January 11, 2021
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Fic­tion
Diary of a Lone­ly Girl, or The Bat­tle against Free Love
Miriam Karpilove, Jessica Kirzane (trans.), Deborah Manion (ed.)
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Poet­ry
The Tale of a Niggun
Elie Wiesel; Mark Podwal, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
A Crowd­ed Farm­house Folktale
Karen Rostoker-Gruber, Kristina Swarner (illus.)
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The Mur­der of Pro­fes­sor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vien­na Circle
David Edmonds
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Poet­ry
What to Miss When
Leigh Stein
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Chil­dren’s
A Zom­bie Vacation
Lisa Rose, Ángeles Ruiz (illus.)
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Visu­al Arts
Every­one Is Present
Terry Kurgan
Interview

‘Water­shed Moments’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Max Gross

Bob Gold­farb
December 14, 2020
Excerpt

Excerpt: Now for Some­thing Sweet

Mon­day Morn­ing Cook­ing Club
December 14, 2020
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Poet­ry
Don’t Touch the Bones
Julia Kolchin­sky Dasbach 
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Home for the Hanukkah-Days: For Families

Simona Zaret­sky
December 8, 2020
Essay—From the Journal

Tri­na Schart Hyman: Remem­ber­ing the Icon­ic Illus­tra­tor of ​“Her­shel and the Hanukkah Goblins”

Eric A. Kimmel
November 30, 2020
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