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Shoham’s Bangle

Cover of Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi

Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World’s First Female Rabbi

Sigal Samuel, Vali Mintzi (illus.)

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Concealed: Memoir of a Jewish-Iranian Daughter Caught Between the Chador and America

Essay

The First Female Rabbi Was Not Who You’d Expect

Sigal Samuel

February 1, 2021

From the Journal

The Refugee in Fiction: A Conversation with Jenny Erpenbeck and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Becca Kantor

November 18, 2019

Cover of And the Bride Closed the Door

And the Bride Closed the Door

Ronit Matalon (auth.), Jessica Cohen (trans.)

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The Art of Leaving: A Memoir

Essay

Doppelgänger: Or Aya and Me

Ayelet Tsabari writes a “strange, unexpected postscript” to her essay “A Simple Girl,” excerpted in the 2019 issue of Paper Brigade.

Ayelet Tsabari

May 14, 2019

From the Journal

A Simple Girl

Growing up, Ayelet Tsabari grappled with Mizrahi stereotypes — and found inspiration in Ofra Haza, Israel’s iconic, Yemini singer.

Ayelet Tsabari

May 13, 2019

Interview

Meet National Jewish Book Award Winner Michael David Lukas

JBC Staff

February 27, 2019

Cover of Bone Soup and Flipped Bread: The Yemenite Jewish Kitchen

Bone Soup and Flipped Bread: The Yemenite Jewish Kitchen

Sue Spertus Larkey

Cover of Maman

Moris K. Niknam

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Isles of the Blind

Robert Rosenberg

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Leaving Iran: Between Migration and Exile

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Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th Century Yemen

Cover of Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran

Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran

Jason Sion Mokhtarian