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Humor

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Fic­tion
The Most Like­ly Club
Elyssa Fried­land
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Non­fic­tion
All About Me! My Remark­able Life in Show Business
Mel Brooks
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Fic­tion
Mr. Per­fect on Paper
Jean Meltzer
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Cult Clas­sic
Sloane Crosley
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Chil­dren’s
Git­ty and Kvetch
Caroline Kusin Pritchard, Ariel Landy (Illustrator)
Essay

Search­ing for Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Two Judy Blume Novels

Emi­ly Schneider
February 11, 2022
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Fic­tion
The Matzah Ball
Jean Meltzer
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Fic­tion
Our Coun­try Friends
Gary Shteyn­gart
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Non­fic­tion
Year­book
Seth Rogen
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Fic­tion
Cheeky: A Head-to-Toe Memoir
Ariel­la Elovic
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Noth­ing the Same, Every­thing Haunt­ed: The Bal­lad of Motl the Cowboy
Gary Barwin
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Fic­tion
The Big Dreams of Small Creatures
Gail Lern­er
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I’m Too Dumb to be Friends With
Steve Cohen
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Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adven­tures in Phi­los­o­phy With Kids
Scott Her­shovitz
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Boca by Moon­light: A Funer­al. Three Friends. Start­ing Over.
Brad Graber
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Maybe It’s Me: On Being the Wrong Kind of Woman
Eileen Pol­lack
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