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Interview Poetry, Experiments with Yiddish, Grief, and New Facts: A Conversation with Irena Klepfisz Julie R. Enszer January 2, 2023
Nonfiction Hebrew Matters: 110 Hebrew Roots; the Roads They Take; the Stories They Tell Joseph Lowin
Essay The Loss of Tía Fortuna’s Pink Casita: Writing a Sephardic Picture Book Ruth Behar June 13, 2022
Nonfiction The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle David Edmonds
Essay The Impossible Life of Beate Sirota Gordon Beate at Mills College, 1942 Jeff Gottesfeld June 17, 2020
Fiction How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish Ilan Stavans Josh Lambert
Interview—From the Journal The Endurance of Yiddish: A Conversation Between Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert Ilan Stavans, Josh Lambert January 13, 2020
Nonfiction The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between Stephanie Butnick Mark Oppenheimer Liel Leibovitz
