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Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashe­vis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer, David Stromberg (Editor)
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Isaac Bashe­vis Singer and ​‘Faith in the Yid­dish Language’

David Stromberg
May 9, 2022
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The Mur­ders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America
Javier Sinay, Robert Croll (Translator)
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Inves­ti­gat­ing ​‘The Mur­ders of Moisés Ville’

Javier Sinay
March 28, 2022
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Why Is Every­body Yelling?: Grow­ing Up in My Immi­grant Family
Marisabina Russo
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Chil­dren’s
Big Dreams, Small Fish
Paula Cohen
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Simona Zaret­sky
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From the Jew­ish Provinces: Select­ed Stories
Fradl Shtok, Allison Schachter and Jordan D. Finkin (Translators)
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Twelve Mem­o­rable Book Cov­ers of 2021

Bec­ca Kantor
December 27, 2021
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Excerpt — When I Grow Up: The Lost Auto­bi­ogra­phies of Six Yid­dish Teenagers

Ken Krim­stein
November 15, 2021
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When I Grow Up: The Lost Auto­bi­ogra­phies of Six Yid­dish Teenagers
Ken Krim­stein
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Poet­ic Justice

Amy Oringel
October 19, 2021
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Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture: A Very Short Introduction
Ilan Sta­vans
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Moshkeleh the Thief: A Redis­cov­ered Novel
Sholom Aleichem, Curt Leviant
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The High Nest: A Sto­ry of Jew­ish Resistance

Rox­ane van Iperen
August 30, 2021
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Excerpt: My Father’s Drawing

Mindy Weisel
August 23, 2021
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