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    Eitan Eats the World: New Com­fort Clas­sics to Cook Right Now
    Eitan Bernath
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    Search­ing for Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Two Judy Blume Novels

    Emi­ly Schneider
    February 11, 2022
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    Sit­ting Shi­va for My Mar­riage – with Help from Tay­lor Swift

    Ali­son Rose Greenberg
    February 7, 2022
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    Not Meant for Chil­dren: Felix Salten and the sto­ry of Bambi

    Jack Zipes
    January 17, 2022
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    Pan­dem­ic, Prayer, and Anne Frank: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Leigh Stein

    Emi­ly Stone
    October 28, 2021
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    ‘Hide the Jew’: Hol­ly­wood, Assim­i­la­tion, and the Mankiewicz Brothers

    Nick Davis
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    Lib­by Copeland
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    Strange Fire
    Joel Bur­cat
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    The Can­cel Cul­ture Curse: From Rage to Redemp­tion in a World Gone Mad
    Evan Nier­man
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    About Man and God and Law: The Spir­i­tu­al Wis­dom of Bob Dylan
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    Jaime Wein­man
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    David J. Lieberman
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    Mur­der­abil­ia: A His­to­ry of Crime in 100 Objects
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