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    Cover of The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City
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    The New York­ers: 31 Remark­able Peo­ple, 400 Years, and the Untold Biog­ra­phy of the World’s Great­est City
    Sam Roberts
    Essay

    The Jew­ish Neigh­bors of ​‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’

    Ariel­la Carmell
    December 15, 2021
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    A Queen to the Res­cue: The Sto­ry of Hen­ri­et­ta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
    Nancy Churnin, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)
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    A Fortress in Brook­lyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Mak­ing of Hasidic Williamsburg
    Nathaniel Deutsch, Michael Casper
    Essay

    How Pol­ly Adler, the Jew­ish Jezebel of the Jazz Age, Became a Top­sy-Turvy Amer­i­can Suc­cess Story

    Deb­by Applegate
    November 22, 2021
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    The Pes­simists
    Bethany Ball
    Cover of The Shelter and the Fence: When 982 Holocaust Refugees Found Safe Haven in America
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    The Shel­ter and the Fence: When 982 Holo­caust Refugees Found Safe Haven in America
    Norman H. Finkelstein
    Essay

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

    Nick Davis
    October 11, 2021
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    ‘Hero Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with E. Lockhart

    Simona Zaret­sky
    October 4, 2021
    Essay

    Paint­ing His­to­ry: Sto­ries of Jew­ish Art

    Charles Dell­heim
    September 13, 2021
    Essay

    My First Sequel: The Love Sto­ry of ​‘An Unortho­dox Match’ Continued

    Nao­mi Ragen
    September 6, 2021
    Essay

    Jew­ish Super­heroes: Wil­low Zim­mer­man Joins the DC Universe

    E. Lock­hart
    September 6, 2021
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    What’s Good?: A Mem­oir In Four­teen Ingredients
    Peter Hoff­man
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    Nightlife Lessons: How I Con­quered the Busi­ness of Par­ty­ing with Tech and a Glimpse into It’s Future
    Shane Neman
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    The Immi­grant
    Fred­er­ic Petrovsky
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    Bessie: A Novel
    Lin­da Kass
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