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    Arts & Culture

    Essay

    The For­tu­nate Foàs of Sabbioneta

    Eleanor Foa
    November 4, 2019
    Essay

    A Peek Inside The Chutz­pah Principles

    Inbal Arieli
    November 4, 2019
    Excerpt

    Excerpt: Birthright

    Eri­ka Dreifus
    November 4, 2019
    Essay

    Los­ing Our Reli­gion: Find­ing Kin­ship with Peg­gy Guggenheim

    Court­ney Maum
    October 7, 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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    Chil­dren’s
    Super Jake and the King of Chaos
    Nao­mi Milliner
    Essay

    The World is Round: Jew­ish Children’s Books Wel­come the New Year

    Emi­ly Schneider
    September 26, 2019
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    Son­tag: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ben­jamin Moser

    Bob Gold­farb
    September 23, 2019
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    Chil­dren’s
    Once Upon an Apple Cake: a Rosh Hashanah Story
    Elana Rubinstein (auth.), Jennifer Naalchigar (illus.)
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    Fic­tion
    Cosel­la Wayne
    Jonathan D. Sarna,Cora Wilburn
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    ‘Mak­ing an Ancient Rit­u­al Work’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Beth Rica­nati and Tiffany Shlain

    Tiffany Shlain, Beth Rica­nati
    September 16, 2019
    Essay

    Let­ters at the Nar­row Waist of the World

    Mar­lena Maduro Baraf
    September 16, 2019
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    Shim­ri’s Big Idea
    Elka Weber (auth.), Inbal Gigi Bousidan (illus.)
    Essay

    Part I: Sholem Ale­ichem and Me

    Talia Carn­er
    September 2, 2019
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    And the Bride Closed the Door
    Ronit Matalon; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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