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    Interview

    Reclaim­ing Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty and Cul­ture: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sarah Hurwitz

    Marc Katz
    September 9, 2025
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    As a Jew: Reclaim­ing Our Sto­ry From Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us
    Sarah Hur­witz
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    Plums, Papri­ka & Ghosts: Our Trip to the Aus­tro-Hun­gar­i­an Empire
    A.J. Sidran­sky
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    Judaism Unbound (Bound)
    Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg
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    Return to the Place I Nev­er Left
    Tobias Schiff; Dani James, trans.
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    The State of Amer­i­can Jew­ry: New Insights and Scholarship
    Fred­er­ick E. Greenspahn
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    Ketubah Renais­sance: The Art­ful Mod­ern Revival of the Jew­ish Mar­riage Contract
    Michael Shapiro
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    The Gold­en Age of Ital­ian Jews: 1848 – 1938
    Gino Seg­rè
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    Tahi­ni Baby: Bright, Every­day Recipes That Hap­pen to Be Vegetarian
    Eden Grin­sh­pan 
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    Vera, or Faith
    Gary Shteyn­gart
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    Togeth­er in Man­za­nar: The True Sto­ry of a Japan­ese Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in an Amer­i­can Con­cen­tra­tion Camp
    Tra­cy Slater
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    Chai Noon: Jews and the Cin­e­mat­ic Wild West
    Jonathan L. Friedmann
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    The Jew­ish South: An Amer­i­can History
    Shari Rabin
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