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Cover of The Diario: The Daring Escape of Two Sephardic Jews from Turkey to America During World War I
Non­fic­tion
The Diario: The Dar­ing Escape of Two Sephardic Jews from Turkey to Amer­i­ca Dur­ing World War I
Alfred Ascher; Gloria J. Ascher, trans.
Interview

‘Lan­guage Is Always in Motion’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Pollin-Galay

Isado­ra Kianovsky 
September 16, 2024
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Fic­tion
Songs for the Bro­ken­heart­ed: A Novel
Ayelet Tsabari
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Poet­ry
Noth­ing Is for Everyone
Eden Pearl­stein
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

At the Jerusalem Café

Lesléa New­man
September 5, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
Occu­pied Words: What the Holo­caust Did to Yiddish
Han­nah Pollin-Galay
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Chil­dren’s
The Blue But­ter­fly of Cochin
Ariana Mizrahi; Siona Benjamin, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
A Book About Bubkes
Leslie Kimmelman; Roxana de Rond, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Luis de Tor­res Sails to Freedom
Tami Lehman-Wilzig; Oliver Averill, illus.
Interview—From the Journal

The Lan­guages of Belong­ing: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Ruth Behar and Mar­jorie Agosín 

Ruth Behar, Mar­jorie Agosín
June 19, 2023
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Poet­ry, Exper­i­ments with Yid­dish, Grief, and New Facts: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ire­na Klepfisz

Julie R. Enszer 
January 2, 2023
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Non­fic­tion
Hebrew Mat­ters: 110 Hebrew Roots; the Roads They Take; the Sto­ries They Tell
Joseph Lowin
From the Journal

The Joy of Shmutz

Feli­cia Berliner
September 12, 2022
Essay

The Loss of Tía Fortuna’s Pink Casita: Writ­ing a Sephardic Pic­ture Book

Ruth Behar
June 13, 2022
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Poet­ry
Crea­ture
Michael Duma­n­is
Essay

Los­ing My Spanish

Judy Bolton-Fas­man
October 18, 2021
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