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Essay

Why Are So Many Magicians Jewish?

Joshua Jay

March 21, 2022

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Diana Harmon Asher

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Our Country Friends

Gary Shteyngart

Interview

Romance, Romania, and Redemption: A Conversation with Sarah Kornfeld

Emily Stone

November 17, 2021

Essay

The Jewish Roots of ‘The Escapement’

Lavie Tidhar

November 1, 2021

Essay

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

Nick Davis

October 11, 2021

Excerpt

Excerpt: BAM…and Then it HIT Me

Karen Brooks Hopkins

September 27, 2021

Essay

The Jewish Writer Behind Mozart’s Operas

Howard Jay Smith

September 21, 2021

Essay

‘The Post Office’: A Play from India to Wartime Poland

Jai Chakrabarti

September 15, 2021

Recommended Reading

JBC Bookshelf: Fall Reading 2021

JBC Staff

August 9, 2021

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Mike Nichols: A Life

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Last Summer at the Golden Hotel

Elyssa Friedland

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I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are

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This Is Not My Memoir

André Gregory, Todd London

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Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I’ve Played