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    Arts & Culture

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    Writ­ing Out of Our Minds

    Rachel DeWoskin
    June 10, 2020
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    Chil­dren’s
    Sweet Tamales for Purim
    Barbara Bietz, John Kanzler (illus.)
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    Every­body (Else) Is Per­fect: How I Sur­vived Hypocrisy, Beau­ty, Clicks, and Likes
    Gabrielle Korn
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    Fic­tion
    Hannah’s War
    Jan Elias­berg
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    Non­fic­tion
    Theodor Her­zl: The Charis­mat­ic Leader
    Derek J. Penslar
    Essay—Excerpt

    The Sto­ry Behind the Sto­ry: A Trib­ute to Three Old Men

    Craig Darch
    May 28, 2020
    Essay

    Won­der and Mar­vel: Women and the Art of Shavuot

    Emi­ly Schneider
    May 27, 2020
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    Fre­quen­cy Hop­ping: The Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty of Hedy Lamarr in Children’s Books

    Emi­ly Schneider
    May 25, 2020
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    Fic­tion
    L’Chaim and Lamentations
    Craig Darch
    Interview

    JBC Authors at the Table: Michael Zapata

    Michael Zap­a­ta
    May 21, 2020
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    Fic­tion
    Vil­la of Delirium
    Adrien Goetz; Natasha Lehrer, trans.
    From the Journal

    The Pio­neers: The Old­est Jew­ish Wom­en’s Book Club in America 

    Pamela S. Nadell
    May 11, 2020
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    Hous­es and The Dumb Lan­guage of Things

    Sarah Blake
    May 4, 2020
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    Fic­tion
    The Lost Book of Adana Moreau
    Michael Zap­a­ta
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    Fic­tion
    Pain: A Novel
    Zeruya Shalev
    Poetry—From the Journal

    Light-Sen­si­tive Puz­zle Piece

    Eri­ka Meitner
    April 20, 2020
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