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Recommended Reading

JBC Bookshelf: Hanukkah 2023

Simona Zaretsky

December 5, 2023

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Miryam’s Dance

Kerry Olitzky and Rachel Stock Spilker; John Baptist Tumuhaise, illus.

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A Wild, Wild Hanukkah

Jo Gershman and Bob Strauss; Jo Gershman, illus.

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The Mexican Dreidel

Linda Elovitz Marshall and Ilan Stavans; Maria Mola, illus.

Interview—From the Journal

‘To Celebrate Nonconformity’: A Conversation with David Adjmi and Jack Hazan

Michael Harari

November 27, 2023

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The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman

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Finding My Multilayered Heritage in Stories

Jordan Salama

November 20, 2023

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By the Rivers of Babylon

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The Witch of Woodland

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Essay

Our Twenty-First Century Dreyfus Affair

Daniel H. Turtel

November 13, 2023

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Who Are the Jews―And Who Can We Become?

Donniel Hartman

Recommended Reading

12 Book Recommendations for Jewish Book Month

JBC Staff

November 6, 2023

Essay

Writing the Jewish Body

Jennifer Fliss

October 30, 2023

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Jewish Mindfulness for Kids

Blanca Sissa; Camila Carrossine, illus.

Essay

Still Beni: The Life of Jane Breskin Zalben’s Iconic Bear

Emily Schneider

October 23, 2023