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    Contemporary Jewish Life

    Essay

    Los­ing My Spanish

    Judy Bolton-Fas­man
    October 18, 2021
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    Fic­tion
    Some­thing Wild
    Hanna Halperin
    Interview

    ‘Hero Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with E. Lockhart

    Simona Zaret­sky
    October 4, 2021
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    Fic­tion
    The Sum­mer of Lost Letters
    Han­nah Reynolds
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    Poet­ry
    Super­doom: Select­ed Poems
    Melis­sa Broder
    Fiction

    Cock­fight

    Lev­ana Moshon, Yardenne Greenspan
    September 20, 2021
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    September 17, 2021
    Poetry

    Days of Awe

    Maia Evrona
    September 13, 2021
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    Not So Fast, Max: A Rosh Hashanah Vis­it with Grandma
    Annette Schottenfeld, Jennifer Kirkham (Illustrator)
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    Jew­ish Pride
    Michael Stein­hardt
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    Build­ing Bridges: Peace, Salaam, Shalom
    Melis­sa Stoller
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    Crazy to Leave You
    Mar­i­lyn Simon Rothstein
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    The Acad­e­my of Smoke & Mir­rors: A Board­ing School On The Brink
    Alex Troy
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    #anti­semitism: Com­ing of Age Dur­ing the Resur­gence of Hate
    Saman­tha A. Vinokor-Meinrath
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    The Full Catastrophe
    Méi­ra Cook
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    The Earth­quake Child: A Novel
    Elayne Klas­son
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