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Items with the category:

Essays

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Non­fic­tion
Spilt Milk
Court­ney Zoffness
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Non­fic­tion
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
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Non­fic­tion
The Rad­i­cal Writ­ings of Jack Nusan Porter
Jack Nusan Porter
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Non­fic­tion
A Descend­ing Spi­ral: Expos­ing the Death Penal­ty in 12 Essays
Marc Book­man
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Non­fic­tion
How Magi­cians Think: Mis­di­rec­tion, Decep­tion, and Why Mag­ic Matters
Joshua Jay
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Non­fic­tion
Mishugas: Mus­ings on Things Jewish
Lin­da Kaufman
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Non­fic­tion
Moms Don’t Have Time to Have Kids: A Time­less Anthology
Zib­by Owens
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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Fic­tion
How Yid­dish Changed Amer­i­ca and How Amer­i­ca Changed Yiddish
Ilan Sta­vans
Josh Lam­bert
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Non­fic­tion
Nice Try: Sto­ries of Best Inten­tions and Mixed Results
Josh Gondelman
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Non­fic­tion
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
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Fic­tion
Col­lect­ed Stories
Bruno Schulz (auth.), Rivka Galchen (foreward)
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