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Contemporary Jewish Life

Essay

A Her­itage Lost

Robert Ker­beck
June 27, 2022
Recommended Reading

Hap­py Read­ing, Hap­py Pride!

Bec­ca Kantor
June 27, 2022
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Fic­tion
Things to Come and Go
Bette How­land
Essay

Repair­ing Our Bro­ken Body Image

Nomi Ellen­son
June 22, 2022
Essay

Dig­ging Into Your Family’s Roots: Why You Should Chase History 

Lisa Brahin
June 21, 2022
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Chil­dren’s
Sam­my Spi­der’s First ABC
Sylvia A. Rouss; Katherine Janus Kahn, illus.
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Fic­tion
Pre­tend Plumber: An Adventure
Stephanie Bar­bé Hammer
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Fic­tion
I Nev­er Promised You a Rose Garden
Joanne Greenberg
Essay

The Loss of Tía Fortuna’s Pink Casita: Writ­ing a Sephardic Pic­ture Book

Ruth Behar
June 13, 2022
Essay

From Pro­fes­sor to Pre­tend Plumber: Learn­ing How to Write Like a Reg­u­lar Person

Stephanie Bar­bé Hammer
June 13, 2022
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Poet­ry
Crea­ture
Michael Duma­n­is
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Fic­tion
Meant to Be Mine
Han­nah Orenstein
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Non­fic­tion
What Makes an Apple?: Six Con­ver­sa­tions about Writ­ing, Love, Guilt, and Oth­er Pleasures
Amos Oz with Shira Hadad, Jessica Cohen (Translator)
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Chil­dren’s
Brand-New Bubbe
Sarah Aronson, Ariel Landy (Illustrator)
Poetry

In the beginning

Paulette K. Fire
June 6, 2022
Interview

Mar­ti­nis, Mahjong, and Soul­mates: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Orenstein

Simona Zaret­sky
June 6, 2022
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