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    Cov­er Reveal: ​“What Jew­ish Looks Like”

    Liz Klein­rock, Car­o­line Kusin Pritchard, Iris Got­tlieb
    May 3, 2024
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    Uncom­fort­able Con­ver­sa­tions with a Jew
    Emmanuel Acho
    Noa Tish­by
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    A Cold War Exo­dus: How Amer­i­can Activists Mobi­lized to Free Sovi­et Jews
    Shaul Kel­ner
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    Hen­ri­et­ta Szold: Hadas­sah and the Zion­ist Dream
    Francine Klags­brun
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    The 1970s Jew­ish Multiverse

    Don Fut­ter­man
    February 19, 2024
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    The Forg­ers: The For­got­ten Sto­ry of the Holo­caust’s Most Auda­cious Res­cue Operation
    Roger Moore­house
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    What Is Our Duty to the Envi­ron­ment? Ques­tions to Con­sid­er on Tu B’Shevat

    Joel Bur­cat
    January 22, 2024
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    The Amen Effect: Ancient Wis­dom to Mend Our Bro­ken Hearts and World
    Sharon Brous
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    My Name Is Barbra
    Bar­bra Streisand
    Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    A Think­ing Heart in This Wak­ing Nightmare

    Havi­va Ner-David
    December 19, 2023
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    We Set the Night on Fire: Ignit­ing the Gay Revolution
    Martha Shel­ley
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    Touch­ing the Art
    Mat­til­da Bern­stein Sycamore
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    Con­vert­ing and Insert­ing Jew­ish Iden­ti­ties into Fic­tion (with a Laugh or Two)

    Stephanie Bar­bé Hammer
    November 27, 2023
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    Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon
    Robert Alter
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    Bet­ty Friedan: Mag­nif­i­cent Disrupter
    Rachel Shteir
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    “Some­times, All It Takes Is Claim­ing that Iden­ti­ty”: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Amelia Possanza 

    Julie R. Enszer 
    September 18, 2023
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