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JBC Bookshelf: Summer 2022

Simona Zaretsky

May 16, 2022

Cover of Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color

Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color

LaNitra M. Berger

Cover of The New Queen of Sheba

The New Queen of Sheba

Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz

Cover of Not Your All-American Girl

Not Your All-American Girl

Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Madelyn Rosenberg

Cover of Too Far From Home

Too Far From Home

Naomi Shmuel, Avi Katz (illus.)

Interview

Coloring in the Jewish Experience: A Conversation with Natasha Díaz

Michal Hoschander Malen

August 11, 2020

Essay

When Silence Speaks Volumes

Marra B. Gad

June 12, 2020

Cover of Ezra's BIG Shabbat Question

Ezra’s BIG Shabbat Question

Aviva L. Brown, Anastasia Knavaliu (illus.)

Cover of The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed Race Jewish Girl

The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed Race Jewish Girl

Civil Rights and Race

Essay

‘If Not Now, When?’ Marra B. Gad On Writing Her Story

Marra B. Gad

December 23, 2019

Interview

Mirrors and Windows: A Conversation with Lesléa Newman on Diversity in Children’s Books

Emily Schneider

December 3, 2019

From the Journal

The Refugee in Fiction: A Conversation with Jenny Erpenbeck and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Becca Kantor

November 18, 2019

Cover of It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories

It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories

Laura Silverman

Katherine Locke

Cover of The Song of the Jade Lily

The Song of the Jade Lily

Cover of Forest with Castanets

Forest with Castanets