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    ‘The Obvi­ous Hero­ine’: Anna Solomon on the Book of Esther

    Anna Solomon
    May 4, 2020
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    Excerpt: The Convert

    Ste­fan Hertmans
    April 28, 2020
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    Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Wom­en’s Voic­es from the Gulag
    Monika Zgustova; Julie Jones, trans.
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    Burn

    Shon­na Levin
    April 27, 2020
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    The Book of V. 
    Anna Solomon
    Poetry—From the Journal

    Light-Sen­si­tive Puz­zle Piece

    Eri­ka Meitner
    April 20, 2020
    Interview—From the Journal

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    Rebec­ca Schuman
    April 20, 2020
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    I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holo­caust Memoir
    Esther Safran Foer
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    Ezra’s BIG Shab­bat Question
    Aviva L. Brown, Anastasia Knavaliu (illus.)
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    Ger­ald Stern
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    Chef Rossi
    April 8, 2020
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    Manuel Garcia Iglesias, Marwan Kahil (illus.)
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    The World of Egypt­ian Jew­ish Literature

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    Amy Got­tlieb
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