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    Lot Six
    David Adj­mi
    Interview—From the Journal

    ‘A Might-Have-Been Uni­verse’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with André Aciman

    Rus­sell Janzen
    August 4, 2020
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    A Child of the Century
    Ben Hecht
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    Dig­ging Up Armaged­don: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon
    Eric H. Cline
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    Excerpt: A Mor­tu­ary of Books

    Elis­a­beth Gallas, Alex Skin­ner
    July 29, 2020
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    The Art of the Jew­ish Fam­i­ly: A His­to­ry of Women in Ear­ly New York in Five Objects
    Lau­ra Arnold Leibman
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    Sweet Noise: Love in Wartime
    Max Hirshfeld, with essays by Michael Berenbaum and Stuart E. Eizenstat
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    JBC Staff
    July 20, 2020
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    JBC Authors at the Table: David Adjmi

    David Adj­mi, JBC Staff
    July 7, 2020
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    Jews, Mon­ey, and Literature

    Ezra Glin­ter
    July 7, 2020
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    Why We Need Muriel Rukeyser Now

    Jason Boog
    July 6, 2020
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    Jew­ish Cui­sine in Hun­gary: A Cul­tur­al His­to­ry with 83 Authen­tic Recipes
    András Koern­er
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    The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue
    Mari­na Rustow
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    Sid­ney Lumet: A Life
    Mau­ra Spiegel
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    The Impos­si­ble Life of Beate Siro­ta Gordon

    Beate at Mills Col­lege, 1942

    Jeff Gottes­feld
    June 17, 2020
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    JBC Authors at the Table: Gail Car­son Levine

    Gail Car­son Levine
    June 15, 2020
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