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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Chil­dren’s
    What Jew­ish Looks Like
    Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard; Iris Gottlieb, illus.
    Essay

    Curios­i­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty: My Jour­ney in Torah Study

    Leah Hager Cohen
    May 20, 2024
    Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    April, 2024

    Har­ri­et Shenkman
    May 16, 2024
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    Simona Zaret­sky
    May 13, 2024
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    Stum­bling Towards Yom HaZikaron

    Vivian Cohen-Leisorek
    May 9, 2024
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    Chil­dren’s
    A Feath­er, a Peb­ble, a Shell
    Miri Leshem-Pel­ly
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    Fic­tion
    The Goldie Standard
    Simi Mon­heit
    Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    Fight­ing Anti­semitism with Small Acts of Kindness

    Leanne Lieber­man
    May 6, 2024
    News

    Cov­er Reveal: ​“What Jew­ish Looks Like”

    Liz Klein­rock, Car­o­line Kusin Pritchard, Iris Got­tlieb
    May 3, 2024
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Holo­caust: An Unfin­ished History
    Dan Stone
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    Poet­ry
    The Liv­ing Room, Rearranged
    Yael Grun­seit
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    Cook­book
    The Euca­lyp­tus Cookbook
    Moshe Basson
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    Fic­tion
    Every­thing Is a Lit­tle Broken
    Rebec­ca Sugar
    Essay

    ‘A Shared His­to­ry’: Return­ing to My Moth­er’s Roots

    Car­o­line Leavitt
    April 25, 2024
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    Non­fic­tion
    Uncom­fort­able Con­ver­sa­tions with a Jew
    Emmanuel Acho
    Noa Tish­by
    Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    We Are No Longer Welcome

    Yardenne Greenspan
    April 19, 2024
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