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Seek­ing Sanc­tu­ary: 125 Years of Syn­a­gogues on Long Island
Brad Kolod­ny
Essay

‘Irrev­er­ence and Vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty’: Nora Ephron’s Beginnings

Renée Rosen
August 26, 2019
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A Hun­dred Acres of Amer­i­ca: The Geog­ra­phy of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Lit­er­ary History
Michael Hober­man
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Poet­ry
For­est with Castanets
Diane Mehta
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The Key from Spain: Flo­ry Jago­da and Her Music 
Debbie Levy; Sonja Wimmer, illus.
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Excerpt: The Book of Sarah

Sarah Light­man
August 19, 2019
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Calm Sea and Pros­per­ous Voy­age: Select­ed Stories
Bette How­land
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Fic­tion
Who Wants to Be A Jew­ish Writer?: And Oth­er Essays
Adam Kirsch
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Fic­tion
Ariel Sam­son: Free­lance Rabbi
MaN­ish­tana
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The Ital­ian­ist: An Inter­view with Ann Gold­stein on Trans­lat­ing Pri­mo Lev­i’s Work

Mer­rill Leffler
July 29, 2019
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Fic­tion
Rev­o­lu­tion­ar­ies
Joshua Furst
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Fic­tion
The Jour­nal I Did Not Keep
Lore Segal
Essay

‘If the Muse comes call­ing’: Jane Yolen on Writing

Jane Yolen
July 22, 2019
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A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves and Lega­cy of Ruth Rappaport
Kate Stew­art
Essay

‘Writ­ing Their Ways Toward Hope’: Sur­viv­ing World War II in Shanghai

Rachel DeWoskin
July 8, 2019
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Long Live the Tribe of Father­less Girls: A Memoir
T Kira Madden
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