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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Under­torah: Exca­vat­ing the Land­scape of Our Dreams

    Jill Ham­mer
    February 21, 2022
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    The Rene­gade Reporters
    Elis­sa Brent Weissman
    Essay

    Peo­ple of the Book Club

    Joshua Mikutis
    February 16, 2022
    Essay

    Mur­der and Mem­o­ry: Unrav­el­ing the Mys­tery of my Great-Grand­moth­er’s Death

    Wayne Hoff­man
    February 14, 2022
    Holy Sparks: Cel­e­brat­ing 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate
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    Amer­i­can Shtetl: The Mak­ing of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Vil­lage in Upstate New York
    Nomi M. Stolzenberg, David N. Myers
    Essay

    Sit­ting Shi­va for My Mar­riage – with Help from Tay­lor Swift

    Ali­son Rose Greenberg
    February 7, 2022
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    Hap­py for You
    Claire Stan­ford
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    Free as a Jew: A Per­son­al Mem­oir of Nation­al Self-Liberation
    Ruth Wisse
    From the Journal

    ‘The Trag­ic Cir­cle and the Melior­ist Line’: A con­ver­sa­tion with Colum McCann and Joshua Cohen

    Bec­ca Kantor
    January 31, 2022
    Fiction—From the Journal

    Shaare Emu­nah

    Steven Volynets
    January 25, 2022
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    Bene Appétit: The Cui­sine of Indi­an Jews
    Esther David
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    How to Find What You’re Not Look­ing For
    Veera Hiranan­dani
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    Bad Luck Bridesmaid
    Ali­son Rose Greenberg
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    Squir­rel Hill: The Tree of Life Syn­a­gogue Shoot­ing and the Soul of a Neighborhood
    Mark Oppen­heimer
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    Red and Green and Blue and White
    Lee Wind, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
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