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    Cover of The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between
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    The Newish Jew­ish Ency­clo­pe­dia: From Abra­ham to Zabar’s and Every­thing in Between
    Stephanie But­nick
    Mark Oppen­heimer
    Liel Lei­bovitz
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    Birthright: Poems
    Eri­ka Dreifus
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    Excerpt: The Usu­al Uncertainties 

    Jonathan Blum
    November 25, 2019
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    How to Keep Kosher Internationally

    Nealy Fis­ch­er
    November 25, 2019
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    The 100 Most Jew­ish Foods: A High­ly Debat­able List
    Alana New­house
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    Col­lect­ed Stories
    Bruno Schulz (auth.), Rivka Galchen (foreward)
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    Chil­dren’s
    Daniel and Ismail 
    Juan Pablo Iglesias (auth.), Alex Peris (illus.), Ilan Stavans (trans.)
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    Some Unimag­in­able Animal
    David Eben­bach
    Essay

    When to Run: Rachel Baren­baum on Flee­ing Antisemitism 

    Rachel Baren­baum
    November 11, 2019
    Essay

    A Peek Inside The Chutz­pah Principles

    Inbal Arieli
    November 4, 2019
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    Excerpt: Birthright

    Eri­ka Dreifus
    November 4, 2019
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    The For­tu­nate Foàs of Sabbioneta

    Eleanor Foa
    November 4, 2019
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    Announc­ing the Natan Notable Books Fall 2019 Winners

    JBC Staff
    October 7, 2019
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    The Last Col­lec­tion: A Nov­el of Elsa Schi­a­par­el­li and Coco Chanel
    Jeanne Mackin
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    Los­ing Our Reli­gion: Find­ing Kin­ship with Peg­gy Guggenheim

    Court­ney Maum
    October 7, 2019
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    Super Jake and the King of Chaos
    Nao­mi Milliner
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