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    Cover of The Bar Mitzvah and The Beast: One Family's Cross-Country Ride of Passage by Bike
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    The Bar Mitz­vah and The Beast: One Fam­i­ly’s Cross-Coun­try Ride of Pas­sage by Bike
    Matt Biers-Ariel
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    I Suck at Girls
    Justin Halpern
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    Dan Gets a Mini­van: Life at the Inter­sec­tion of Dude and Dad
    Dan Zevin
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    The Dan­ger­ous Ani­mals Club
    Stephen Tobolowsky
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    Jew­ish Jocks: An Unortho­dox Hall of Fame
    Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy, eds.
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    The Last Tes­ta­ment: A Mem­oir by God
    David Javerbaum
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    Yid­dishe Mamas: The Truth about the Jew­ish Mother
    Marnie Winston-Macauley
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    Friend­keep­ing
    Julie Klam
    Cover of Loose Diamonds...and Other Things I've Lost (and Found) Along the Way
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    Loose Diamonds…and Oth­er Things I’ve Lost (and Found) Along the Way
    Amy Ephron
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    We Killed: The Rise of Women in Amer­i­can Comedy
    Yael Kohen
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    Fun­ny: The Book: Every­thing You Always Want­ed To Know About Comedy
    David Misch
    Essay

    The Lost Afikomen

    Moshe Kash­er is a stand-up come­di­an and the author of Kash­er In The Rye: The True Tale Of A White Boy From Oak­land Who Became A Drug Addict, Crim­i­nal,…
    Moshe Kash­er
    April 5, 2012
    Essay

    Moshe Kash­er Responds to Critics

    Moshe Kash­er is the author of Kash­er in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oak­land Who Became a Drug Addict, Crim­i­nal, Men­tal Patient, and Then Turned 16.…
    Moshe Kash­er
    April 3, 2012
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    Most of Me: Sur­viv­ing My Med­ical Meltdown
    Robyn Michele Levy
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    Just Say Nu: Yid­dish For Every Occa­sion (When Eng­lish Just Won’t Do)
    Michael Wex
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    Man­less in Mont­clair; How a Hap­pi­ly Mar­ried Woman Became a Wid­ow Look­ing for Love in the Wilds of Suburbia
    Amy Holman Edelman
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