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Excerpt: The 12th Commandment

Daniel Tor­day
January 16, 2023
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Fic­tion
The 12th Commandment
Daniel Tor­day
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Non­fic­tion
Flower of Vlo­ra: Grow­ing up Jew­ish in Com­mu­nist Albania
Anna Kohen
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Fic­tion
The Books of Jacob
Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translator)
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Fic­tion
The But­ton Box
Brid­get Hodder
Essay

Shad­ows of War / צללים של מלחמה 

Dina Green­berg
January 10, 2022
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Karaism: An Intro­duc­tion to the Old­est Sur­viv­ing Alter­na­tive Judaism
Daniel J. Lasker
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Chil­dren’s
A Bear for Bimi
Jane Breskin Zalben, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)
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Fic­tion
A Land Like You
Tobie Nathan, Joyce Zonana (translator)
Interview

Sur­vival and Truth: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Anne Blankman

Emi­ly Schneider
February 10, 2021
Essay

Lost in Translation

Esther Ami­ni
December 23, 2020
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Chil­dren’s
A Sweet Meet­ing on Mimouna Night
Allison Ofanansky, Rotem Teplow (illus.)
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The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue
Mari­na Rustow
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Chil­dren’s
A Place at the Table
Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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Jerusalem: City of the Book
Merav Mack and Benjamin Balint
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Non­fic­tion
Tehran Chil­dren: A Holo­caust Refugee Odyssey
Mikhal Dekel
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