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    Items with the tag:

    epistolary

    Cover of Happy New Years
    Fic­tion
    Hap­py New Years
    Maya Arad; Jes­si­ca Cohen, trans. 
    Essay

    Let­ters from My Mother

    Diane Mehta
    March 10, 2025
    Cover of The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai
    Non­fic­tion
    The Civ­il War Diary of Emma Mordecai
    Dianne Ash­ton
    Melis­sa R. Klapper
    Cover of Grape, Again!
    Chil­dren’s
    Grape, Again!
    Gabriel Arquile­vich
    Cover of Still No Word From You: Notes in the Margin
    Non­fic­tion
    Still No Word From You: Notes in the Margin
    Peter Orner
    Cover of Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewish Woman
    Non­fic­tion
    Rahel Varn­hagen: The Life of a Jew­ish Woman
    Hannah Arendt; Clara Winston and Richard Winston, trans.
    Interview

    Break­ing Down Walls: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Nan­cy Churnin

    Emi­ly Schneider
    May 2, 2022
    Cover of Address Unknown
    Fic­tion
    Address Unknown
    Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
    Cover of Letters to Camondo
    Fic­tion
    Let­ters to Camondo
    Edmund de Waal
    Cover of Holy Lands
    Fic­tion
    Holy Lands
    Amanda Sthers
    Cover of Why Judaism Matters: Letters of a Liberal Rabbi to His Children and the Millennial Generation
    Non­fic­tion
    Why Judaism Mat­ters: Let­ters of a Lib­er­al Rab­bi to His Chil­dren and the Mil­len­ni­al Generation
    Rabbi John Rosove
    Cover of We Are Going to Be Lucky: A World War II Love Story in Letters
    Non­fic­tion
    We Are Going to Be Lucky: A World War II Love Sto­ry in Letters
    Eliz­a­beth L. Fox
    Cover of Dancing on a Powder Keg
    Non­fic­tion
    Danc­ing on a Pow­der Keg
    Michal Schwartz
    Cover of I Hate Everyone But You
    Fic­tion
    I Hate Every­one But You
    Alli­son Raskin
    Gaby Dunn
    Essay

    Nine Rules for Writ­ing Jew­ish Letters

    In hon­or of the 65th Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards, Jew­ish Book Coun­cil asked some of this year’s win­ners to share their top rules for writ­ing an award-win­ning book.…
    Alice Nakhi­movsky, Rober­ta Newman
    March 7, 2016
    Essay

    Paper­less Love: A Let­ter from Valy

    Ear­li­er this week, Sarah Wild­man wrote about trans­lat­ing let­ters writ­ten in Yid­dish by her fam­i­ly and shared a short read­ing list and an inter­est­ing let­ter…
    Sarah Wild­man
    October 31, 2014
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