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Contemporary Jewish Life

Cover of The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift
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The Beau­ty of What Remains: How Our Great­est Fear Becomes Our Great­est Gift
Steve Led­er
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Mary Jane: A Novel
Jes­si­ca Blau
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Lori: Laugh­ter and Tears
Charlene Wexler
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As a Ram Yearns for the Brook: The Jour­ney of a Father and Son
Daniel Ritholtz
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The Cap­tain & Me: On and Off the Field with Thur­man Munson
Dan Epstein
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Mazel Tov: The Sto­ry of My Extra­or­di­nary Friend­ship with an Ortho­dox Jew­ish Family
J.S. Mar­got
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Be A Men­sch: Unleash Your Pow­er To Be Kind and Help Others
Elisa Udaskin
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The Man Who Loved His Wife
Jen­nifer Anne Moses
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Mishugas: Mus­ings on Things Jewish
Lin­da Kaufman
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Bor­ders and Belong­ing: A Memoir
Mira Sucharov
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Wid­ow­ish: A Memoir
Melis­sa Gould
Interview—From the Journal

‘Denials and Rein­ter­pre­ta­tions’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Deb­o­rah Levy

Bec­ca Kantor
August 31, 2020
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The Assign­ment
Liza Wiemer
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Rec­om­mend­ed for You
Lau­ra Silverman
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The Ghost in Apart­ment 2R
Denis Markell
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Tak­ing the Road: Jew­ish Women’s Trav­el Writing

Emi­ly Burack
August 19, 2020
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