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Trac­ing Helmi’s Jour­ney: From Japan to the US

David Hor­gan
May 16, 2022
From the Journal

Hunger

Qian Julie Wang
September 10, 2021
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Fic­tion
The Last Rose of Shanghai
Weina Dai Randel
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Fic­tion
Not Your All-Amer­i­can Girl
Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Made­lyn Rosenberg
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Home for the Hanukkah-Days

Simona Zaret­sky
December 4, 2020
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Mahjong: A Chi­nese Game and the Mak­ing of Mod­ern Amer­i­can Culture
Annelise Heinz
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The Last Kings of Shang­hai: The Rival Jew­ish Dynas­ties That Helped Cre­ate Mod­ern China
Jonathan Kauf­man
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Writ­ing Out of Our Minds

Rachel DeWoskin
June 10, 2020
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Fic­tion
The Tenth Muse
Cather­ine Chung
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Fic­tion
The Song of the Jade Lily
Kirsty Man­ning
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Chil­dren’s
Some­day We Will Fly
Rachel DeWoskin
Essay

‘Writ­ing Their Ways Toward Hope’: Sur­viv­ing World War II in Shanghai

Rachel DeWoskin
July 8, 2019
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An Inter­view with Spencer Wise

Emi­ly Heiden
August 22, 2018
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Etrog: How a Chi­nese Fruit Became a Jew­ish Symbol
David Z. Moster
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Fic­tion
The Emper­or of Shoes
Spencer Wise
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Shang­hai Sukkah
Heidi Smith Hyde; Jing Jing Tsong, illus.
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