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    A Return to the Source: On Trans­lat­ing Tobie Nathan’s ​‘A Land Like You’

    Joyce Zonana
    June 14, 2021
    Essay

    Meno­rah in the Mall: My Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty as a Flori­da Teen

    Brit­tany Ackerman
    June 14, 2021
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    Mon­key Boy
    Francisco Goldman
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    Recipes for a New Begin­ning: Tran­syl­van­ian Jew­ish Sto­ries of Life, Hunger, and Hope
    Kinga Júlia Király
    Poetry

    Ak-mechet

    David Osachy
    June 7, 2021
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    The Jew­ish Body: A History
    Robert Jütte, Elizabeth Bredeck (Translator)
    Essay

    Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Three Nov­els by E.L. Konigsburg

    Emi­ly Schneider
    June 7, 2021
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    The Rab­bi Who Prayed with Fire
    Rachel Sharona Lewis
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    Eva and Eve: A Search for My Moth­er’s Lost Child­hood and What a War Left Behind
    Julie Metz
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    Red Rock Baby Candy
    Shi­ra Spector
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    ‘Who ​“gets” to be Amer­i­can?’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Made­lyn Rosen­berg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang

    Made­lyn Rosenberg, Wendy Wan-Long Shang
    June 1, 2021
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    All I Could Nev­er Be
    Anzia Yezierska
    Poetry

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    Aviya Kush­n­er
    May 31, 2021
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