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Chil­dren’s
Grape, Again!
Gabriel Arquile­vich
Essay

Belong­ing: A Brief His­to­ry of Jews, Catholics, and Basketball

David Hol­lan­der
March 13, 2023
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Take What You Need
Idra Novey
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The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor
Aman­da Panitch
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Kün­stlers in Paradise
Cath­leen Schine
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Chil­dren’s
The Purim Panic
Laura Gehl; Olga Ivanov and Aleksey Ivanov, illus.
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Catskills, Com­pul­sion, and Con­ven­tion­al­i­ty: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sara Lippmann

Avn­er Landes
February 27, 2023
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‘Sto­ries Like Mine’: Aden Poly­doros on Writ­ing Fantasy

Aden Poly­doros
February 20, 2023
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The Short­est Skirt in Shul
Sass Orol
Fiction—From the Journal

The Vir­gin Grandmother

Kate Schmi­er
February 15, 2023
Essay

Fic­tion­al­iz­ing the Low­er East Side: Assim­i­la­tion and Oppor­tu­ni­ty in the Jew­ish Immi­grant Experience

Daisy Alpert Florin
February 13, 2023
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Poland Itin­er­ary, Class 3B

Lee­or Ohayon
February 7, 2023
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My Last Inno­cent Year
Daisy Alpert Florin
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De-Inte­grate!: A Jew­ish Sur­vival Guide for the 21st Century
Max Czollek; Jon Cho-Polizzi, trans.
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The No-State Solu­tion: A Jew­ish Manifesto
Daniel Boyarin
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How I Learned to Embrace my Black and Jew­ish Heritage

Davon Loeb
January 24, 2023
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