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Arts & Culture

Poetry—From the Journal

Christ­mas Day

Julia Kolchin­sky Dasbach 
December 21, 2022
Recommended Reading

The 10 Most Pop­u­lar PB Dai­ly Sto­ries of 2022

Simona Zaret­sky
December 19, 2022
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Feed­ing Women of the Tal­mud, Feed­ing Ourselves
Kenden Alfond
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Non­fic­tion
Flower of Vlo­ra: Grow­ing up Jew­ish in Com­mu­nist Albania
Anna Kohen
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Non­fic­tion
The Note­books and Draw­ings of Louis I. Kahn
Richard Saul Wurman and Eugene Feldman, eds.
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Fic­tion
The Vil­lage Idiot
Steve Stern
Interview

Frankly Fem­i­nist and Paper Brigade: Edi­tors Susan Wei­d­man Schnei­der, Yona McDo­nough, Bec­ca Kan­tor, and Car­ol Kauf­man in Conversation

JBC Staff
November 22, 2022
Poetry

Joseph’s Silence

Jeff Schwartz
November 15, 2022
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Poet­ry
The Miss­ing Jew
Rodger Kamenetz
Essay

Hold­ing It All: The Pow­er of Poet­ry in a Beau­ti­ful, Bro­ken World

David Eben­bach
October 24, 2022
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Ear­ly Jew­ish Cook­books: Essays on Hun­gar­i­an Jew­ish Gas­tro­nom­i­cal History
András Koern­er
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Still No Word From You: Notes in the Margin
Peter Orner
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Excerpt: The Oppermanns 

Joshua Cohen
October 10, 2022
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Cook­book
Cook­ing alla Giu­dia: A Cel­e­bra­tion of the Jew­ish Food of Italy
Benedet­ta Jas­mine Guetta
Excerpt

Excerpt: The Vil­lage Idiot

Steve Stern
September 12, 2022
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How Mate­ri­als Speak: A Lega­cy of Puppetry

Gen­naRose Nethercott
September 12, 2022
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