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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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Hebrew Mat­ters: 110 Hebrew Roots; the Roads They Take; the Sto­ries They Tell
Joseph Lowin
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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
Essay

Los­ing My Spanish

Judy Bolton-Fas­man
October 18, 2021
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Poet­ry
Her Birth and Lat­er Years: New and Col­lect­ed Poems, 1971 – 2021
Ire­na Klepfisz
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The Mur­der of Pro­fes­sor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vien­na Circle
David Edmonds
Essay

Lost in Translation

Esther Ami­ni
December 23, 2020
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Announc­ing the Natan Notable Books Spring 2020 Winner

JBC Staff
July 20, 2020
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The Impos­si­ble Life of Beate Siro­ta Gordon

Beate at Mills Col­lege, 1942

Jeff Gottes­feld
June 17, 2020
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How Yid­dish Changed Amer­i­ca and How Amer­i­ca Changed Yiddish
Ilan Sta­vans
Josh Lam­bert
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From Psalms to Milosz: My Jour­ney through Poetry

Yonatan Berg
February 10, 2020
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Fic­tion
Costale­gre
Court­ney Maum
Interview—From the Journal

The Endurance of Yid­dish: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Ilan Sta­vans and Josh Lambert

Ilan Sta­vans, Josh Lam­bert
January 13, 2020
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The Newish Jew­ish Ency­clo­pe­dia: From Abra­ham to Zabar’s and Every­thing in Between
Stephanie But­nick
Mark Oppen­heimer
Liel Lei­bovitz
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Signs in the Well
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