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    Essays

    Interview

    ‘Mar­veling at How We Pulled Through’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Zib­by Owens

    Jessie Sza­lay
    April 26, 2021
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    Non­fic­tion
    Spilt Milk
    Court­ney Zoffness
    Cover of Stargazing in the Atomic Age: Essays
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    Stargaz­ing in the Atom­ic Age: Essays
    Anne Gold­man
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    Jew­ish Text
    Judaism’s Life-Chang­ing Ideas: A Week­ly Read­ing of the Hebrew Bible
    Jonathan Sacks
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    Fic­tion
    To Be a Man
    Nicole Krauss
    Cover of Moms Don't Have Time to Have Kids: A Timeless Anthology
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    Moms Don’t Have Time to Have Kids: A Time­less Anthology
    Zib­by Owens
    Cover of The Radical Writings of Jack Nusan Porter
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    The Rad­i­cal Writ­ings of Jack Nusan Porter
    Jack Nusan Porter
    Cover of A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays
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    A Descend­ing Spi­ral: Expos­ing the Death Penal­ty in 12 Essays
    Marc Book­man
    Cover of How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters
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    How Magi­cians Think: Mis­di­rec­tion, Decep­tion, and Why Mag­ic Matters
    Joshua Jay
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    Mishugas: Mus­ings on Things Jewish
    Lin­da Kaufman
    Essay

    Bal Taschlit: Do Not Destroy

    Plus a veg­an nut­ty choco­late chip cook­ie recipe, kosher for Passover! 

    Kenden Alfond
    April 1, 2020
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    How Yid­dish Changed Amer­i­ca and How Amer­i­ca Changed Yiddish
    Ilan Sta­vans
    Josh Lam­bert
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    Nice Try: Sto­ries of Best Inten­tions and Mixed Results
    Josh Gondelman
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    Lit­tle Weirds
    Jen­ny Slate
    Interview—From the Journal

    The Endurance of Yid­dish: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Ilan Sta­vans and Josh Lambert

    Ilan Sta­vans, Josh Lam­bert
    January 13, 2020
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    Visu­al Arts
    Fac­ing Survival
    David Kas­san
    Pagination
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