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    A Zom­bie Vacation
    Lisa Rose, Ángeles Ruiz (illus.)
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    Visu­al Arts
    Every­one Is Present
    Terry Kurgan
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    ‘Water­shed Moments’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Max Gross

    Bob Gold­farb
    December 14, 2020
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    Don’t Touch the Bones
    Julia Kolchin­sky Dasbach 
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    Eric A. Kimmel
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    ‘The Ran­dom Hand of Mercy’

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    Jews and Fan­ta­sy, or Tom Bom­badil is my Rebbe

    Gavriel Sav­it
    November 24, 2020
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    ‘Life as a Dis­lo­cat­ing Expe­ri­ence’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with David Adjmi

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    Jew­ish Music in Amer­i­ca — Dias­poric Diversity

    Tina Frühauf
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    Danny Siegel, Rabbi Neal Gold (ed.)
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    The Piano Student
    Lea Singer, Elisabeth Lauffer (trans.)
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