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    Contemporary Jewish Life

    Cover of Hillel Takes a Bath
    Chil­dren’s
    Hil­lel Takes a Bath
    Vicki L. Weber, John Joven (illus.) 
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    Fic­tion
    You Asked for Perfect
    Lau­ra Silverman
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    Chil­dren’s
    Bro­ken Strings
    Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer
    Cover of Hate: The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in France (and What It Means for Us)
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    Hate: The Ris­ing Tide of Anti-Semi­tism in France (and What It Means for Us)
    Marc Weitz­mann
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    Fic­tion
    Fleish­man is in Trouble
    Taffy Brodess­er-Akn­er
    Essay

    Part I: Miss­ing Elie Wiesel’s Voice

    Nadine Epstein
    July 1, 2019
    Essay

    Part II: The Lega­cy Continues

    Nadine Epstein
    July 1, 2019
    Essay

    Part III: Elie and Der Moment

    Nadine Epstein
    July 1, 2019
    Interview

    “Moments Like That”: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Author and Illus­tra­tor Jane Bre­skin Zalben

    Emi­ly Schneider
    June 24, 2019
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    Fic­tion
    The Altru­ists
    Andrew Rid­ker
    Essay

    “I Am a Bom­bay on the Move”: Grow­ing Up Jew­ish and Jain

    An explo­ration of reli­gious and racial displacement

    Diane Mehta
    June 17, 2019
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    Fic­tion
    Search­ing for Lottie
    Susan Ross
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Rab­bi Slurps Spaghetti 
    Leslie Kimmelman; Sharon Davey, illus.
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    Non­fic­tion
    A Riv­er Could Be a Tree: A Memoir
    Angela Himsel; Shulem Deen, fwd.
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    Col­or Me In
    Natasha Díaz
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