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Contemporary Jewish Life

Essay

Still Beni: The Life of Jane Bre­skin Zalben’s Icon­ic Bear

Emi­ly Schneider
October 23, 2023
Essay

Streisand and Sto­ries: Writ­ing with Music

Rochelle B. Weinstein
October 23, 2023
Interview

“The Immor­tal­i­ty of Infor­ma­tion”: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Amy Kurzweil

Megan Reynolds
October 16, 2023
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Poet­ry
Sleep­ing as Fast as I Can
Richard Michel­son
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Poet­ry
Spell­book for the Sab­bath Queen
Eli­she­va Fox
Excerpt

Excerpt: The Golem of Brooklyn

Adam Mans­bach
October 2, 2023
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Chil­dren’s
Ellie’s Deli: Wish­ing on Mat­zo Ball Soup!
Lisa Greenwald; Galia Bernstein, illus.
Essay

The Lega­cy of the Holo­caust in Lithuania

Nao­mi Ragen
September 26, 2023
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Fic­tion
The Wolf Hunt
Ayelet Gun­dar-Goshen
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Chil­dren’s
The Mov­ing-Box Sukkah
Leah Rachel Berkowitz; Sharon Vargo, illus.
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Fic­tion
Abom­i­na­tion
Ash­ley Goldberg
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Poet­ry
The Sor­row Apartments
Andrea Cohen
Essay

My Family’s Vis­it to the West­ern Wall

Eliz­a­beth L. Silver
September 18, 2023
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Chil­dren’s
Kay­la and Kugel’s Sil­ly Sukkot
Ann D. Koffsky
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Cook­book
I Could Nosh: Clas­sic Jew-ish Recipes Revamped for Every Day
Jake Cohen
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Chil­dren’s
Hanukkah Upside Down: A Pic­ture Book
Elissa Brent Weissman; Omer Hoffman, illus.
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