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Items with the tag:

orthodox judaism

Cover of Queer Judaism
Non­fic­tion
Queer Judaism
Orit Avishai
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Fic­tion
The House of Love and Prayer: and Oth­er Stories
Tova Reich
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Fic­tion
Lemons in the Fog
Chaya Rochel Zimmerman
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Fic­tion
The Mar­riage Box
Corie Adj­mi
Excerpt—Poetry

Excerpt: ​‘Today in the Taxi’

Sean Singer
April 25, 2023
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Fic­tion
The Life and Crimes of Hood­ie Rosen
Isaac Blum
Essay

In the Pres­ence of Books

Jeff Deutsch
March 28, 2022
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Fic­tion
The Prodi­gal Child
Irène Némirovsky, Sandra Smith (Translator)
Essay

‘You Mean Super­sti­tions?’: Explor­ing the Cus­toms of Ortho­dox Jew­ish Women

Lind­sey Taylor-Guthartz
November 22, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
When Your Fam­i­ly Says No: The Jour­ney To Free­dom Independence
Laya Mar­tinez
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JBC Book­shelf: Fall Read­ing 2021

JBC Staff
August 9, 2021
Interview

A Very Cool Book for the Sum­mer: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Dahlia Adler

Emi­ly Stone
May 10, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
The Won­der­ing Jew: Israel and the Search for Jew­ish Identity
Micah Goodman, Eylon Levy (trans.)
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‘Why Not Make Mag­ic Lit­er­al?’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Leigh Bar­dugo and David Hopen

Simona Zaret­sky, Bec­ca Kantor
December 28, 2020
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Games We Played
Shawne Steiger
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Mazel Tov: The Sto­ry of My Extra­or­di­nary Friend­ship with an Ortho­dox Jew­ish Family
J.S. Mar­got
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