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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Authen­ti­cal­ly Ortho­dox: A Tra­di­tion-Bound Faith in Amer­i­can Life
    Zev Eleff
    Essay

    Queer­ing Genesis

    Sarah Blake
    June 15, 2020
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    Foot­prints on the Heart
    Jean Nag­gar
    Essay

    When Silence Speaks Volumes 

    Mar­ra B. Gad
    June 12, 2020
    Essay

    Writ­ing Out of Our Minds

    Rachel DeWoskin
    June 10, 2020
    Interview

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    Ilana Masad
    June 10, 2020
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    Apeirogon
    Colum McCann
    Essay

    Chef Rossi’s Tips for Eat­ing Healthy When the World Feels Like It’s Ending

    Chef Rossi
    May 18, 2020
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    The Cre­ation of the Human (Mosa­ic)

    Daph­na Joel
    May 18, 2020
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    Man of My Time
    Dalia Sofer
    Essay

    ‘Mor­tal­i­ty Faced You as a Ques­tion’: Ilana Masad on Liv­ing through Grief

    Ilana Masad
    May 11, 2020
    Essay

    Ten Rules for Writers

    Etgar Keret
    April 27, 2020
    Essay

    Writ­ing Jewish

    Philip Ter­man
    April 20, 2020
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    Help­ful Resources for Authors Dur­ing COVID-19

    JBC Staff
    April 14, 2020
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    Blessed as We Were 
    Ger­ald Stern
    Essay

    Wait­ing for Eli­jah: Passover In Times of Adver­si­ty in Children’s Pic­ture Books

    Emi­ly Schneider
    April 8, 2020
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