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Essay How Does the “Justice System” Work for You? Julia Dahl is the author of the Rebekah Roberts novels, the latest of which, Conviction, comes out this week. Julia is guest blogging for the Jewish Book Council all week… Julia Dahl March 27, 2017
Essay What My Nazi Great-Grandfather Taught Me About the Obligation to Act Ursula Werner March 6, 2017
Essay My Sioux-kot, Part III Emily Bowen Cohen’s mini-comic An American Indian Guide to the Day of Atonement recounts her reunion with her long-lost Native American family and her reflection on… Emily Bowen Cohen December 22, 2016
Nonfiction Changing the World from the Inside Out: A Jewish Approach to Personal and Social Change David Jaffe
Essay My Sioux-kot, Part II Earlier this week, Emily Bowen Cohen introduced the conflict she felt between her American Indian and Jewish identities during the protests at Standing Rock, North… Emily Bowen Cohen December 21, 2016
Essay My Sioux-kot, Part I Emily Bowen Cohen’s recent mini-comic An American Indian Guide to the Day of Atonement recounts her reunion with her long-lost Native American family and her… Emily Bowen Cohen December 19, 2016
Nonfiction The Hands of Peace: A Holocaust Survivor’s Fight for Civil Rights in the American South Marione Ingram
Essay Social Concern and Left Politics in Jewish American Art Matthew Baigell is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art History at Rutgers University. He is the author of numerous books, including American Artists,… Matthew Baigell June 29, 2015
