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Items with the tag:

death & mourning

Cover of A Tale of One January
Fic­tion
A Tale of One January
Albert Maltz
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See­ing Through: A Chron­i­cle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera
Ricky Ian Gordon
Interview

“Crunchy Chords”: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ricky Ian Gordon

Bob Gold­farb
July 15, 2024
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Excerpt: Near­ly Departed

Gila Pfef­fer
July 8, 2024
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They Were Good Ger­mans Once: A Mem­oir: My Jew­ish Émi­gré Family
Eve­lyn Toynton
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Trou­ble with Evil

Evonne Mar­zouk
July 2, 2024
Cover of Waving Goodbye: Life After Loss
Non­fic­tion
Wav­ing Good­bye: Life After Loss 
War­ren Kozak
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Fic­tion
Sum­mer Nights and Meteorites
Han­nah Reynolds
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Chil­dren’s
Where Is Poppy?
Car­o­line Kusin Pritchard
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Non­fic­tion
The End is the Begin­ning: A Per­son­al His­to­ry of My Mother
Jill Bialosky
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

How to Plant

Tama­rah Touvian
May 13, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Be-hatzi Ha-lay­la

Deena Glick­man
May 10, 2024
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Stum­bling Towards Yom HaZikaron

Vivian Cohen-Leisorek
May 9, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
Liv­ing with Our Dead: On Loss and Consolation
Del­phine Horvilleur; Lisa Appig­nane­si, trans.
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Am Yis­rael Chai: Essays, Poems, and Prayers for Israel
Men­achem Creditor
Excerpt

Excerpt: The For­bid­den Daughter

Zipo­ra Klein Jakob
April 28, 2024
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