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From the Journal In the Beginning the Neighborhood Girls Read Philip Roth Drunk in Their Baths Allison Pitinii Davis February 11, 2019
Nonfiction Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture Karen E. H. Skinazi
Nonfiction The Case of the Sexy Jewess: Dance, Gender and Jewish Joke-work in US Pop Culture Hannah Schwadron
Nonfiction The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis Richard Schwartz
Essay In World War II-Era North Carolina, A Haven for German Jewish Artists and Academics Charles Darwent November 6, 2018
Essay Only We Can Save Us: A Brief History of Jewish Superheroes, Real and Fictional Adam Nemett November 1, 2018
Children’s Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall’s Life and Art Barb Rosenstock; Mary GrandPré , illus.
Children’s God Bless America: The Story of an Immigrant Named Irving Berlin Adah Nuchi; Rob Polivka, illus.
Nonfiction The Jewish Ghetto and the Visual Imagination of Early Modern Venice Dana E. Katz