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Chil­dren’s
The Trea­sure of Tel Maresha
Tammar Stein; Barbara Bongini, illus.
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

In Bor­rowed Clothes

Mer­ri Ukraincik
October 14, 2024
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Fic­tion
Noth­ing Vast
Moshe Zvi Marvit
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

You Only Go Up to Israel for the First Time Once in Your Life

Shawn A. Weiss
October 7, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

If I For­get Thee

Lesléa New­man
October 7, 2024
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Meet­ing a Survivor

Jonathan Dun­sky
October 7, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

A Belief in Order

Owen Lewis
October 7, 2024
Essay

The One Year of Shiva

Lee Yaron
October 6, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Thin Ice

Gili Haimovich
September 30, 2024
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Next Time There’s a Holo­caust, You’ll Come: Notes on Jew­ish Resilience

Eric Ras­mussen
September 30, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
One Day in Octo­ber: Forty Heroes, Forty Stories
Yair Agmon and Oriya Mevorach
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

A Prayer on this Rosh Hashanah

Mol­ly Ritvo
September 26, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
10/7: 100 Human Stories
Lee Yaron
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Words Are All That I Have: A Found Poem

Eri­ka Dreifus
September 16, 2024
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Zahav Home: Cook­ing for Friends & Family
Michael Solomonov
Steven Cook
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Songs for the Bro­ken­heart­ed: A Novel
Ayelet Tsabari
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