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Items with the tag:

death & mourning

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Fic­tion
The Long Corner
Alexan­der Maksik
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Non­fic­tion
Pil­lar of Salt: A Daugh­ter’s Life in the Shad­ow of the Holocaust
Anna Salton Eisen
Cover of Titan of Tehran: From Jewish Ghetto to Corporate Colossus to Firing Squad–My Grandfather's Life
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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Fic­tion
Avi­va vs. the Dybbuk
Mari Lowe
Excerpt

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
Interview

Dyb­buk in Chica­go: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Aden Polydoros

Simona Zaret­sky
February 7, 2022
Cover of Forgiveness: The Story of Eva Kor, Survivor of The Auschwitz Twin Experiments
Non­fic­tion
For­give­ness: The Sto­ry of Eva Kor, Sur­vivor of The Auschwitz Twin Experiments
Joe Lee
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Fic­tion
The Last Words We Said
Leah Scheier
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Poet­ry
I Had a Broth­er Once: A Mem­oir, a Poem
Adam Mans­bach
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Poet­ry
Asy­lum: A per­son­al, his­tor­i­cal, nat­ur­al inquiry in 103 lyric sections
Jill Bialosky
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Fic­tion
The $150,000 Rugelach
Allison and Wayne Marks, Ariel Landy (Illustrator)
Essay

‘Hide the Jew’: Hol­ly­wood, Assim­i­la­tion, and the Mankiewicz Brothers

Nick Davis
October 11, 2021
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Fic­tion
Sor­ry for Your Loss
Joanne Levy
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