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Cover of The Books of Jacob

The Books of Jacob

Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translator)

Essay

The Jewish Writer Behind Mozart’s Operas

Howard Jay Smith

September 21, 2021

From the Journal

Hunger

Qian Julie Wang

September 10, 2021

Essay

My First Sequel: The Love Story of ‘An Unorthodox Match’ Continued

Naomi Ragen

September 6, 2021

Essay

A Jewish Traitor

Maurice Samuels

July 12, 2021

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Soles of a Survivor

Essay

Jewitnamese

Nhi Aronheim

May 19, 2021

Cover of Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe

Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe

Paola Tartakoff

Essay

Gobsmacked by Medieval Spain

Gail Carson Levine

May 26, 2020

Excerpt—From the Journal

Excerpt: The Convert

Stefan Hertmans

April 28, 2020

Cover of The Convert

Stefan Hertmans, David McKay (trans.)

Cover of The Converso's Return: Conversion and Sephardi History in Contemporary Literature and Culture

The Converso’s Return: Conversion and Sephardi History in Contemporary Literature and Culture

Dalia Kandiyoti

Cover of A River Could Be a Tree: A Memoir

A River Could Be a Tree: A Memoir

Angela Himsel; Shulem Deen, fwd.

Cover of Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906

Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817 – 1906

Ellie R. Schainker

Interview

Interview: Annette Gendler

Annette Gendler’s memoir Jumping Over Shadows pulls readers into the drama of World War II with its family tale of an ill-fated marriage between a Jewish man,…

Amy Spungen

June 27, 2017

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Jumping Over Shadows

Annette Gendler