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Rab­bis, Detec­tives, and Twen­ty-Nine Witch­es: How the Jew­ish Books of My Child­hood Taught Me about Mysticism

Riv­ka Galchen
October 31, 2022
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The Thread Col­lec­tors: A Novel
Alyson Rich­man
Shaunna Edwards
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‘Our Shared His­to­ry’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Alyson Rich­man and Shaunna Edwards

Shaunna Edwards, Alyson Rich­man
August 29, 2022
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The In-Betweens: A Lyri­cal Memoir
Davon Loeb
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Jew­ish Sol­diers in the Civ­il War: The Union Army
Adam D. Mendelsohn
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Sum­mer of Stolen Secrets
Julie Stern­berg
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A Place of Exo­dus: Home, Mem­o­ry, and Texas
David Biespiel
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‘Touched with Fire’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with David E. Lowe

Edward Shapiro
September 7, 2020
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Rec­om­mend­ed for You
Lau­ra Silverman
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Wan­der­ing Dix­ie: Dis­patch­es from the Lost Jew­ish South
Sue Eisen­feld
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JBC Authors at the Table: Sue Eisenfeld

June 18, 2020
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A Con­ver­sa­tion with Pamela Nadell

JBC Staff, Pamela S. Nadell
May 5, 2020
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In the Neigh­bor­hood of True
Susan Kaplan Carlton
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The Cook­ing Gene: A Jour­ney Through African Amer­i­can Culi­nary His­to­ry in the Old South
Michael W. Twitty
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Jocie: South­ern Jew­ish Amer­i­can Princess, Civ­il Rights Activist
Joce­lyn Dan Wurzburg
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