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Arts & Culture

Essay

Alive and Destroyed: A Med­i­ta­tion on the Holo­caust in Time

Jason Fran­cis­co
May 16, 2022
Recommended Reading

JBC Book­shelf: Sum­mer 2022

Simona Zaret­sky
May 16, 2022
Interview

‘Hunger for Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Johan­na Kaplan

Francine Klags­brun
May 13, 2022
Essay

Isaac Bashe­vis Singer and ​‘Faith in the Yid­dish Language’

David Stromberg
May 9, 2022
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Fic­tion
The Books of Jacob
Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translator)
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Excerpt — Zabar’s: A Fam­i­ly Sto­ry, With Recipes

Lori Zabar
April 25, 2022
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Excerpt: Cook­ing alla Giudia

Benedet­ta Jas­mine Guetta
April 11, 2022
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Three Min­utes in Poland

Glenn Kurtz
April 4, 2022
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Visu­al Arts
Arthur Szyk Pre­served: Insti­tu­tion­al Col­lec­tions of Orig­i­nal Art
Irvin Ungar and Samantha Lyons, eds.; 
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Non­fic­tion
Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
Mat­ti Friedman
Essay

In the Pres­ence of Books

Jeff Deutsch
March 28, 2022
Essay

Why Are So Many Magi­cians Jewish?

Joshua Jay
March 21, 2022
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Jews in Old Post­cards and Prints

Lars Fis­ch­er
March 14, 2022
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In My Bones

Zil­ka Joseph
March 11, 2022
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JBC Book­shelf: Spring 2022

Simona Zaret­sky
March 2, 2022
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Fic­tion
Pol­lak’s Arm
Hans von Trotha, Elisabeth Lauffer (Translator)
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