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The Rebel­lion of the Daugh­ters: Jew­ish Women Run­aways in Hab­s­burg Galicia
Rachel Manekin
Essay—From the Journal

Tri­na Schart Hyman: Remem­ber­ing the Icon­ic Illus­tra­tor of ​“Her­shel and the Hanukkah Goblins”

Eric A. Kimmel
November 30, 2020
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Announc­ing the Natan Notable Books Fall 2020 Winner

JBC Staff
October 27, 2020
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Jack Kir­by: The Epic Life of the King of Comics
Tom Sci­oli
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The Many Voy­ages of Uri Shulevitz

Emi­ly Schneider
October 12, 2020
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Chil­dren’s
Mar­vin
Ian David Marsden
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Balm in Gilead: A Sto­ry from the War
John L. Withers II
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Stan­ley Kubrick: Amer­i­can Filmmaker
David Mikics
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Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Nar­ra­tive, and Fate
Daniel Mendel­sohn
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‘Touched with Fire’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with David E. Lowe

Edward Shapiro
September 7, 2020
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Nabokov and the Real World: Between Appre­ci­a­tion and Defense
Robert Alter
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Bil­ly Wilder on Assign­ment: Dis­patch­es from Weimar Berlin and Inter­war Vienna
Noah Isen­berg
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The Rat­line: The Exalt­ed Life and Mys­te­ri­ous Death of a Nazi Fugitive
Philippe Sands
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Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodi­gies to Late Bloomers
Clau­dia Kalb
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Com­pet­ing With Idiots: Her­man and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait
Nick Davis
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The Sis­ters of Auschwitz: The True Sto­ry of Two Jew­ish Sis­ters’ Resis­tance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
Rox­ane van Iperen
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