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    Items with the tag:

    midwest

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    Chil­dren’s
    Git­tel
    Lau­rie Schneider
    Essay

    Giant Love, Edna Fer­ber, and Her Jew­ish Convictions

    Julie Gilbert
    November 25, 2024
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    Chil­dren’s
    Shar­ing Shalom
    Danielle Sharkan; Selina Alko, illus.
    Cover of A Blessing, Not a Burden: My My Parent's Remarkable Holocaust Story and My Fight to Keep Their Legacy Alive
    Non­fic­tion
    A Bless­ing, Not a Bur­den: My My Par­en­t’s Remark­able Holo­caust Sto­ry and My Fight to Keep Their Lega­cy Alive
    Alex Kor
    Gra­ham Honaker
    Cover of Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies
    Non­fic­tion
    Laugh­ing at Myself: My Edu­ca­tion in Con­gress, on the Farm, and at the Movies
    Dan Glick­man
    Essay

    Fic­tion­al­iz­ing Am Olam, The Lit­tle-Known Move­ment of Mid­west­ern Jew­ish Farmers

    Rosellen Brown
    October 22, 2018
    Essay

    Writ­ing the Jew­ish Rust Belt

    I sus­pect that there are read­ers like me who find noth­ing strange about love and Spin­oza, about Coors Light and Treblinka.

    Alli­son Pitinii Davis
    April 16, 2018
    Essay

    The First Egal­i­tar­i­an Minyan?

    Shari Rabin
    March 27, 2018
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    Poet­ry
    Line Study of a Motel Clerk
    Alli­son Pitinii Davis
    Essay

    Five His­toric Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ties You’ve (Prob­a­bly) Nev­er Heard Of

    Shari Rabin
    December 19, 2017
    Video

    30 Days, 30 Authors: Shari Rabin

    Shari Rabin
    December 8, 2017
    Essay

    Dis­cov­er­ing the Pow­er of Jew­ish Books in Ottumwa, Iowa

    Deb­bie Born­stein Holinstat
    March 27, 2017
    Essay

    I’m Telling Everyone

    Judith Claire Mitchell, the author of A Reunion of Ghosts and The Last Day of the War, is an Eng­lish pro­fes­sor at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wis­con­sin-Madi­son where she…
    Judith Claire Mitchell
    March 16, 2015
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    Poet­ry
    Mid­west­/Mid-East: March 2012 Poet­ry Tour
    Michael Dickel
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    Augie’s Secrets: The Min­neapo­lis Mob and the King of the Hen­nepin Strip
    Neal Karlen
    Essay

    Dig­ging Deep into the Soul in the Heart of Iowa

    We prompt­ed this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about ​“how they came to write their book.” Over the next sev­er­al weeks, we’ll share their respons­es. Today, Stu­art…
    Stu­art Nadler
    April 29, 2013
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