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    Non­fic­tion
    Titan of Tehran: From Jew­ish Ghet­to to Cor­po­rate Colos­sus to Fir­ing Squad – My Grand­fa­ther’s Life
    Shahrzad Elghanayan
    Essay

    The Pow­er of Eighteen

    Rebec­ca E. Bender
    February 28, 2022
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    Avi­va vs. the Dybbuk
    Mari Lowe
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    Excerpt: I’d Like to Say Sor­ry, but There’s No One to Say Sor­ry To

    Mikołaj Gryn­berg, Sean Gasper Bye
    February 9, 2022
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    Fic­tion
    Some­one’s Secret: A Novel
    Snunit Liss
    Essay

    Sit­ting Shi­va for My Mar­riage – with Help from Tay­lor Swift

    Ali­son Rose Greenberg
    February 7, 2022
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    Dyb­buk in Chica­go: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Aden Polydoros

    Simona Zaret­sky
    February 7, 2022
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    For­give­ness: The Sto­ry of Eva Kor, Sur­vivor of The Auschwitz Twin Experiments
    Joe Lee
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    The Last Words We Said
    Leah Scheier
    Cover of I Had a Brother Once: A Memoir, a Poem
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    I Had a Broth­er Once: A Mem­oir, a Poem
    Adam Mans­bach
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    Asy­lum: A per­son­al, his­tor­i­cal, nat­ur­al inquiry in 103 lyric sections
    Jill Bialosky
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    The $150,000 Rugelach
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    ‘Hide the Jew’: Hol­ly­wood, Assim­i­la­tion, and the Mankiewicz Brothers

    Nick Davis
    October 11, 2021
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    Sor­ry for Your Loss
    Joanne Levy
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    Excerpt: A Cry in Unison

    Judy Cohen
    September 13, 2021
    Poetry

    Days of Awe

    Maia Evrona
    September 13, 2021
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