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Contemporary Jewish Life

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Non­fic­tion
Jew­ish Wom­en’s His­to­ry from Antiq­ui­ty to the Present
Federica Francesconi and Rebecca Lynn Winer (Editors)
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Poet­ry
Town Crier: Poems
Sarah Matthes
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The Won­der­ing Jew: Israel and the Search for Jew­ish Identity
Micah Goodman, Eylon Levy (trans.)
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Bound in the Bond of Life: Pitts­burgh Writ­ers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy
Beth Kissileff and Eric Lidji (eds.)
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Moth­er for Dinner
Shalom Aus­lan­der
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Fic­tion
Going Rogue (at Hebrew School)
Casey Bre­ton
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‘Why Not Make Mag­ic Lit­er­al?’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Leigh Bar­dugo and David Hopen

Simona Zaret­sky, Bec­ca Kantor
December 28, 2020
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Moral­i­ty: Restor­ing the Com­mon Good in Divid­ed Times
Jonathan Sacks
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Poet­ry
What to Miss When
Leigh Stein
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Sharsh­eret’s Nation­al Book Club: Beat Breast Can­cer like a Boss with Ali Rogin

Thursday, January 7, 2021
8–9pm

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Not Your All-Amer­i­can Girl
Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Made­lyn Rosenberg
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Mod­ern Kosher: Glob­al Fla­vors, New Traditions
Michael Aaron Gardiner
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From Left to Right…and Every­thing in Between: The Impor­tance of Jew­ish Polit­i­cal Diversity

Wednesday, January 6, 2021
12:30–1:30pm

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In part­ner­ship with Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, Natan Fund, and Shalom Hart­man Insti­tute of North America

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Nicole Krauss in Con­ver­sa­tion with Jere­my Dauber

Thursday, December 17, 2020
12:30–1:30pm

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Chil­dren’s
The Ninth Night of Hanukkah
Eri­ca S. Perl
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The Jew­ish Intel­lec­tu­al Tra­di­tion: A His­to­ry of Learn­ing and Achievement
Alan Kadish
Michael A. Shmidman
Sim­cha Fishbane
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