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Essay Jews for Christmas Eytan Bayme is the author of High Holiday Porn: A Memoir. With some Jewish reflections on the Christmas season to share, Eytan will be guest blogging for the Jewish… Eytan Bayme December 26, 2016
Essay My Sioux-kot, Part III Emily Bowen Cohen’s mini-comic An American Indian Guide to the Day of Atonement recounts her reunion with her long-lost Native American family and her reflection on… Emily Bowen Cohen December 22, 2016
Essay My Sioux-kot, Part II Earlier this week, Emily Bowen Cohen introduced the conflict she felt between her American Indian and Jewish identities during the protests at Standing Rock, North… Emily Bowen Cohen December 21, 2016
Essay My Sioux-kot, Part I Emily Bowen Cohen’s recent mini-comic An American Indian Guide to the Day of Atonement recounts her reunion with her long-lost Native American family and her… Emily Bowen Cohen December 19, 2016
Essay “Her Green Days”: Nature in the Yiddish Narrative Earlier this week Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub wrote about their discovery of the Elena Ferrante of Yiddish literature and her transgressive fiction… Ellen Cassedy December 16, 2016
Essay Hiding in Plain Sight: A Private Yet Candid Yiddish Writer Earlier this week Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub wrote about their discovery of Blume Lempel’s transgressive Yiddish fiction, now translated into English as… Ellen Cassedy, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub December 14, 2016
