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Items with the tag:

death & mourning

Essay

Belong­ing

Talia Carn­er
January 29, 2024
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Fic­tion
The Boy with the Star Tattoo
Talia Carn­er
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Slow­ing It Down, Mak­ing It Up

Leon Wiener Dow
January 18, 2024
Cover of A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust
Non­fic­tion
A Bril­liant Life: My Moth­er’s Inspir­ing True Sto­ry of Sur­viv­ing the Holocaust
Rachelle Unre­ich
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Name­less

Tama­rah Touvian
January 15, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
You Are Not a Guest
Leela Cor­man
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Dias­poric Nostalgia

Gili Haimovich
December 25, 2023
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Ten Most-Read PB Dai­ly Sto­ries of 2023

Simona Zaret­sky
December 18, 2023
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Fic­tion
On Fire Island
Jane L. Rosen
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Peo­ple’s Army

Ilana M. Blumberg
November 30, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

More than an Emp­ty Vehicle

Yael Leoku­movich
November 21, 2023
Cover of The Only Daughter
Fic­tion
The Only Daughter
A.B. Yehoshua; Stuart Schoffman, trans.
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

A Nation Run­ning from Bad News

Ilana M. Blumberg
November 15, 2023
Essay

Writ­ing the Jew­ish Body

Jen­nifer Fliss
October 30, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Books of the Dead

Haim Watz­man
October 27, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Speak­ing Hebrew in Secret: Being an Israeli Abroad

Maya Tevet Dayan
October 24, 2023
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