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    The Jews of Eigh­teenth-Cen­tu­ry Jamaica: A Tes­ta­men­tary His­to­ry of a Dias­po­ra in Transition
    Stan­ley Mirvis
    Essay

    A Nov­el Opening

    Rachel Bean­land
    August 10, 2020
    Essay

    A Brief His­to­ry of Balkan Jews and the Sto­ry of the Syn­a­gogue of Zagreb

    Michele Levy
    August 3, 2020
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    Dig­ging Up Armaged­don: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon
    Eric H. Cline
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    The Last Kings of Shang­hai: The Rival Jew­ish Dynas­ties That Helped Cre­ate Mod­ern China
    Jonathan Kauf­man
    Essay

    A ​‘Lega­cy of Blood’ Explored with Elis­sa Bemporad

    Elis­sa Bemporad
    July 20, 2020
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    Wan­der­ing Dix­ie: Dis­patch­es from the Lost Jew­ish South
    Sue Eisen­feld
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    The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue
    Mari­na Rustow
    Interview

    JBC Authors at the Table: Sue Eisenfeld

    June 18, 2020
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    A New Hasidism: Roots
    Arthur Green and Ariel Evan Mayse, eds.
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    Fam­i­ly Papers: A Sephardic Jour­ney Through the Twen­ti­eth Century
    Sarah Abre­vaya Stein
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    Men­gele: Unmask­ing the ​“Angel of Death”
    David G. Marwell
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    Theodor Her­zl: The Charis­mat­ic Leader
    Derek J. Penslar
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    The Sto­ry Behind the Sto­ry: A Trib­ute to Three Old Men

    Craig Darch
    May 28, 2020
    Excerpt

    Search­ing for Home: The Impact of WWII on a Hid­den Child

    Joe Gosler
    May 27, 2020
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    No Steps Behind: Beate Siro­ta Gordon’s Bat­tle for Women’s Rights in Japan
    Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.)
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