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    Race & Ethnicity

    Poetry—From the Journal

    Your Life Too

    Mar­ra B. Gad
    March 23, 2021
    Essay

    Cel­e­brat­ing Purim in a Slave Society

    Avi­va Ben-Ur
    February 26, 2021
    Essay

    Vis­it­ing Nation­al Parks While Native

    Emi­ly Bowen Cohen
    October 12, 2020
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    Chil­dren’s
    Too Far From Home
    Naomi Shmuel, Avi Katz (illus.)
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    Chil­dren’s
    Night Lights: A Sukkot Story
    Barbara Diamond Goldin, Amberin Huq (illus.)
    Interview

    Col­or­ing in the Jew­ish Expe­ri­ence: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Natasha Díaz

    Michal Hoschan­der Malen
    August 11, 2020
    Essay

    When Silence Speaks Volumes 

    Mar­ra B. Gad
    June 12, 2020
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    The Essen­tial Seder: A Con­tem­po­rary Haggadah
    Deb­o­rah Gross-Zuchman
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    A Fist for Joe Louis and Me
    Trinka Hikes Noble (auth.), Nicole Tadgell (illus.)  
    Essay

    A Jew­ish-Pales­tin­ian Children’s Book: How Daniel and Ismail Came to Be

    Ilan Sta­vans
    August 12, 2019
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    Ariel Sam­son: Free­lance Rabbi
    MaN­ish­tana
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    Long Live the Tribe of Father­less Girls: A Memoir
    T Kira Madden
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    Good Talk: A Mem­oir in Conversations
    Mira Jacob
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    If You Don’t Have Any­thing Nice to Say
    Leila Sales
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    Col­or Me In
    Natasha Díaz
    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
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