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    The Case of the Sexy Jew­ess: Dance, Gen­der and Jew­ish Joke-work in US Pop Culture
    Hannah Schwadron
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    I Re-Read Amer­i­can Girl’s Rebec­ca Rubin Books, and They Hold Up

    Emi­ly Schneider
    December 3, 2018
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    Super­man Isn’t Jew­ish (But I Am…Kinda)
    Jimmy Bemon; Emilie Boudet, illus.
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    Only We Can Save Us: A Brief His­to­ry of Jew­ish Super­heroes, Real and Fictional

    Adam Nemett
    November 1, 2018
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    Gal Gadot: Sol­dier, Mod­el, Won­der Woman
    Jill Sherman
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    Just the Fun­ny Parts…And a Few Hard Truths About Sneak­ing into the Hol­ly­wood Boys’ Club
    Nell Scov­ell
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    90s Bitch: Media, Cul­ture, and the Failed Promise of Gen­der Equality
    Alli­son Yarrow
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    The Joe Shus­ter Sto­ry: The Artist Behind Superman
    Julian Voloj
    Thomas Campi
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    The Real Loli­ta: The Kid­nap­ping of Sal­ly Horner and the Nov­el that Scan­dal­ized the World
    Sarah Wein­man
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    Spring­field Con­fi­den­tial: Jokes, Secrets, and Out­right Lies from a Life­time Writ­ing for The Simpsons
    Mike Reiss
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    The Inter­mis­sion
    Elyssa Fried­land
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    Seduced by Mrs. Robin­son: How ​“The Grad­u­ate” Became the Touch­stone of a Generation
    Bev­er­ly Gray
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    Fact-Check­ing The Frisco Kid: A Historian’s Take on a Jew­ish Classic

    Shari Rabin
    December 21, 2017
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    The Eddie Can­tor Sto­ry: A Jew­ish Life in Per­for­mance and Politics
    David Wein­stein
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    The Are­na
    Rafi Kohan
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    Susan Sil­ver
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