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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Exo­dus 2020, a Coro­na Passover

    Chef Rossi
    April 8, 2020
    Poetry

    Key Food in the Time of Pandemic

    Amy Got­tlieb
    April 1, 2020
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    Kosher Style: Over 100 Jew­ish Recipes for the Mod­ern Cook
    Amy Rosen
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    The Passover Hag­gadah: An Ancient Sto­ry for Mod­ern Times
    Tablet Magazine, Shai Azoulay (illus.)
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    Passover 5780/2020 Hag­gadah Roundup

    Maron L. Waxman
    March 30, 2020
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    The Usu­al Uncer­tain­ties: Stories 
    Jonathan Blum
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    Pos­i­tive Judaism: For a Life­time of Well-Being and Happiness
    Dar­ren Levine
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    Lit­tle Weirds
    Jen­ny Slate
    News

    Jew­ish Lit­er­ary Con­ver­sa­tions in Quar­an­tine: Live Coverage

    JBC Staff
    March 16, 2020
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    Excerpt: Eat Something

    March 2, 2020
    Poetry

    Two Prayers

    Daniel Tor­day
    February 28, 2020
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    Chas­ing Echoes
    Dan Goldman, George Schall (illus.)
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    2019 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Auction

    February 19, 2020
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    What Is Missing
    Michael Frank
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    Mishkan Ga’avah: Where Pride Dwells: A Cel­e­bra­tion of LGBTQ Jew­ish Life and Ritual
    Denise Eger (Editor)
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    Dis­senter on the Bench: Ruth Bad­er Ginsburg’s Life and Work
    Vic­to­ria Ortiz
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