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    Jew­ish Voic­es: Inspir­ing & Empow­er­ing Quotes from Glob­al Thought Leaders
    Dana Rubin
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    The Next Time There’s a Holo­caust, You’ll Come: Notes on Jew­ish Resilience

    Eric Ras­mussen
    September 30, 2024
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    Rachel Weis­s’s Group Chat
    Lau­ren Appelbaum
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    Excerpt — Zahav Home: Cook­ing for Friends & Family

    Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook
    September 23, 2024
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    Chal­lah, Chal­lah, for You and Me
    Barbara Bietz and June Sobel; Ruth Waters, illus.
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    When­ev­er You’re Ready
    Rachel Run­ya Katz
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    A. R. Vishny
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    Hear­ing is Believ­ing: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Abi­gail Pogre­bin and Dov Linzer

    Abi­gail Pogrebin, Dov Linz­er
    September 9, 2024
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    Noth­ing Is for Everyone
    Eden Pearl­stein
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    All of Us Sit­ting on That Bench

    Geu­la Geurts
    September 5, 2024
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    On Set­tler Colo­nial­ism: Ide­ol­o­gy, Vio­lence, and Justice
    Adam Kirsch
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    The Bit­ter­sweet Beau­ty in Some­thing Irre­triev­ably Lost: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sam­my Harkham, illus­tra­tor of the cov­er of the eighth issue of Paper Brigade 

    Bec­ca Kantor
    September 2, 2024
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    The Con­ceal­ment of End­less Light
    Yehoshua Novem­ber
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    Pass The Trau­ma, Please: My father’s Not-So-Depress­ing Holo­caust Mem­oir About Love, Loss, Laugh­ter, and Legacy
    Todd Dia­mond
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