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    Arts & Culture

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    Com­ing to Terms with Amer­i­ca: Essays on Jew­ish His­to­ry, Reli­gion, and Culture
    Jonathan D. Sarna
    Essay

    On Trans­lat­ing Irène Némirovsky

    San­dra Smith
    November 29, 2021
    Essay

    My Family’s Grind­ing Stone: Jew­ish Cook­ing in Ahmedabad

    Esther David
    November 22, 2021
    Essay

    What is the Point of Anti­semitism in His­tor­i­cal Fiction?

    David Liss
    November 22, 2021
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    Maya Cia­r­roc­chi
    November 22, 2021
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    Asy­lum: A per­son­al, his­tor­i­cal, nat­ur­al inquiry in 103 lyric sections
    Jill Bialosky
    Interview

    Romance, Roma­nia, and Redemp­tion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sarah Kornfeld 

    Emi­ly Stone
    November 17, 2021
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    Sirens & Muses
    Anto­nia Angress
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    Excerpt — A Jew­ish Bes­tiary: Fab­u­lous Crea­tures from Hebra­ic Leg­end and Lore

    Mark Pod­w­al
    November 8, 2021
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    Jew­ish Sci­ence Fic­tion Novels

    Valerie Estelle Frankel
    November 8, 2021
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    Simona Zaret­sky
    November 8, 2021
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    The Angel and the Cholent: Food Rep­re­sen­ta­tion from the Israel Folk­tale Archives
    Idit Pintel-Ginsberg
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    The Jew­ish Roots of ​‘The Escapement’

    Lavie Tid­har
    November 1, 2021
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    Man Ray: The Artist and His Shadows 
    Arthur Lubow
    Interview

    Let­ters of ​‘Love and Long­ing’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Lau­ren Fox

    Ariel­la Carmell
    November 1, 2021
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    Leonard Cohen: The Mys­ti­cal Roots of Genius
    Harry Freedman
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