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    The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ulti­mate­ly Even Neg­li­gi­ble Episode in the His­to­ry of a Very Famous Family
    Joshua Cohen
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    Plun­der: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly Prop­er­ty and Nazi Treasure
    Men­achem Kaiser
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    A Return to the Source: On Trans­lat­ing Tobie Nathan’s ​‘A Land Like You’

    Joyce Zonana
    June 14, 2021
    Poetry

    Ak-mechet

    David Osachy
    June 7, 2021
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    The Jew­ish Body: A History
    Robert Jütte, Elizabeth Bredeck (Translator)
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    The Peo­ple’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Jus­tice With Art
    Cynthia Levinson, Evan Turk (Illustrator)
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    Poems Born in Bergen-Belsen

    Men­achem Z. Rosensaft
    May 24, 2021
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    Rav­en­ous: Otto War­burg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Can­cer-Diet Connection
    Sam Apple
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    Let­ters to Camondo
    Edmund de Waal
    Essay

    Shak­ing Up the Tanakh

    Ali­son L. Joseph
    May 3, 2021
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    Excerpt: Bun­ga­low Colonies and Mahjong Summers

    Annelise Heinz
    May 3, 2021
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    Con­ver­sion, Cir­cum­ci­sion, and Rit­u­al Mur­der in Medieval Europe
    Paola Tartakoff
    Interview

    ‘It’s a Sto­ry First’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Amy Hest

    Emi­ly Schneider
    April 12, 2021
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    Nues­tra Améri­ca: My Fam­i­ly in the Ver­ti­go of Translation
    Claudio Lomnitz
    Essay

    Heal­ers of the Pale: A Hid­den Herbal Legacy

    Deatra Cohen
    April 5, 2021
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    Osnat and Her Dove: The True Sto­ry of the World’s First Female Rabbi
    Sigal Samuel; Vali Mintzi, illus.
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