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Nonfiction Anne Frank Unbound: Media, Imagination, Memory Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Jeffrey Shandler, eds.
Essay Crossing Delancey: Royal Young on Lee Brozgold Earlier this week, Royal Young discussed his decision to change his name, interviewed his grandparents, and wrote about his parents’ reaction to his debut… Royal Young June 13, 2013
Nonfiction Cinema and Zionism: The Development of a Nation Through Film Ariel L. Feldestein; Merav Pagis, trans.
Nonfiction Sephardism: Spanish Jewish History and the Modern Literary Imagination Yael Halevi-Wise, ed.
Nonfiction The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah” Alan Light
Nonfiction Singing School: Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters Robert Pinsky
Nonfiction Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine Nina S. Spiegel