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Chil­dren’s
The Wel­come Chair
Rosemary Wells, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
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Fic­tion
Woman on Fire
Lisa Barr
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Non­fic­tion
Golem Girl: A Memoir
Riva Lehrer
Essay

The Ongo­ing Bat­tle Over Nazi-Loot­ed Art 

Lisa Barr
February 21, 2022
Essay

Peo­ple of the Book Club

Joshua Mikutis
February 16, 2022
Essay

Search­ing for Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Two Judy Blume Novels

Emi­ly Schneider
February 11, 2022
Essay

Com­ic Books Are Jew­ish Literature

Roy Schwartz
January 25, 2022
News

2021 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Winners

JBC Staff
January 20, 2022
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Cook­book
Bene Appétit: The Cui­sine of Indi­an Jews
Esther David
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Chil­dren’s
The Rab­bi and the Painter
Shoshona Weiss, Jennifer Kirkham (Illustrator)
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Fic­tion
Cov­er Me With My Izar
Nora Houri-Haim
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Non­fic­tion
The Van­ished Collection
Pauline Baer de Perignon; Natasha Lehrer, trans.
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Cook­book
Lemon, Love & Olive Oil
Mina Stone
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Zap! Bam! Swoosh! and So Much More: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Jere­my Dauber about Amer­i­can Comics

Saman­tha Baskind
December 27, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
Belong­ing and Betray­al: How Jews Made the Art World Modern
Charles Dell­heim
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Come and Hear: What I Saw in My Sev­en-and-a-Half-Year Jour­ney through the Talmud
Adam Kirsch
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