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See You Yesterday
Rachel Lynn Solomon
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The Long Corner
Alexander Maksik
Interview

‘Hunger for Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Johan­na Kaplan

Francine Klags­brun
May 13, 2022
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Chil­dren’s
Lights in the Night
Chris Barash, Maya Shleifer (Illustrator)
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Lessons in Fusion
Primrose Madayag Knazan
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The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land: Stories
Omer Friedlander
Essay

Strug­gling Our Way Toward Col­lec­tive Narration

Sam Cohen
April 18, 2022
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The World of Aus­tralian Jew­ish Literature

Goldie Gold­bloom
April 11, 2022
Essay

Be Patient in Judg­ment: Pirkei Avot and the Cher­nobyl Disaster

Rachel Baren­baum
April 4, 2022
Essay

In the Pres­ence of Books

Jeff Deutsch
March 28, 2022
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Because My Soul Longs for You: Inte­grat­ing The­ol­o­gy into Our Lives
Edwin Goldberg and Elaine Zecher (Editors)
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It Could Hap­pen Here: Why Amer­i­ca Is Tip­ping From Hate To The Unthink­able And How We Can Stop It 
Jonathan Green­blatt
Essay

Lit­tle Nods and Food for Thought: Inte­grat­ing Jew­ish Char­ac­ters and Judaism into Mid­dle Grade Novels

A. J. Sass
March 22, 2022
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Tahi­ni: A Brief History

Adeena Suss­man
March 15, 2022
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Metab­o­lism

Bel­la Shaier, Antho­ny Berris
March 11, 2022
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