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Contemporary Jewish Life

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Some Kind of Hate
Sarah Dar­er Littman
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One-Legged Mon­goose: Secrets, Lega­cies, and Com­ing of Age in the 1950’s New York
Marc J. Straus
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Stop Look Lis­ten: Cel­e­brat­ing Shab­bos Through a Spir­i­tu­al Lens
Nehemia Polen
Interview

Rebuild­ing a Jew­ish Past: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal

Emi­ly Schneider
November 4, 2022
From the Journal

Rab­bis, Detec­tives, and Twen­ty-Nine Witch­es: How the Jew­ish Books of My Child­hood Taught Me about Mysticism

Riv­ka Galchen
October 31, 2022
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Eight Nights of Flirting
Han­nah Reynolds
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The Top­sy-Turvy Bus
Ani­ta Fitch Pazner
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Din­ners with Ruth: A Mem­oir on the Pow­er of Friendships
Nina Toten­berg
Essay

The Untold His­to­ry of Adop­tion Before Roe

Gabrielle Glaser
October 24, 2022
Essay

Pluralism’s Para­dox

Emi­ly Tamkin
October 17, 2022
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Hon­ey and Me
Meira Drazin
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Sig­nal Fires
Dani Shapiro
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Don’t Wor­ry, Just Cook: Deli­cious, Time­less Recipes for Com­fort and Connection
Bonnie Stern and Anna Rupert
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Fic­tion
Attack of the Black Rectangles
A. S. King
Essay

The Door Knock, Revisited

Jen Max­field
September 27, 2022
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Excerpt: Kosher­soul

Michael W. Twitty
September 26, 2022
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