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Contemporary Jewish Life

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Chil­dren’s
Where Is Poppy?
Car­o­line Kusin Pritchard
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Fic­tion
Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitz­vah Time Loop
Joshua S. Levy
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Fic­tion
Klara’s Truth
Susan Weiss­bach Friedman
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Chil­dren’s
What Jew­ish Looks Like
Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard; Iris Gottlieb, illus.
Essay

Curios­i­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty: My Jour­ney in Torah Study

Leah Hager Cohen
May 20, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

April, 2024

Har­ri­et Shenkman
May 16, 2024
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JBC Book­shelf: Sum­mer 2024

Simona Zaret­sky
May 13, 2024
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Stum­bling Towards Yom HaZikaron

Vivian Cohen-Leisorek
May 9, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
A Feath­er, a Peb­ble, a Shell
Miri Leshem-Pel­ly
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Fight­ing Anti­semitism with Small Acts of Kindness

Leanne Lieber­man
May 6, 2024
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Fic­tion
The Goldie Standard
Simi Mon­heit
News

Cov­er Reveal: ​“What Jew­ish Looks Like”

Liz Klein­rock, Car­o­line Kusin Pritchard, Iris Got­tlieb
May 3, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
The Holo­caust: An Unfin­ished History
Dan Stone
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Poet­ry
The Liv­ing Room, Rearranged
Yael Grun­seit
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Cook­book
The Euca­lyp­tus Cookbook
Moshe Basson
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Fic­tion
Every­thing Is a Lit­tle Broken
Rebec­ca Sugar
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