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Cover of A Collage of Customs
Visu­al Arts
A Col­lage of Customs
Mark Pod­w­al
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The House of Frag­ile Things: Jew­ish Art Col­lec­tors and the Fall of France
James McAuley
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X Troop: The Secret Jew­ish Com­man­dos of World War II
Leah Gar­rett
Essay

The Jew­ish Writer Behind Mozart’s Operas

Howard Jay Smith
September 21, 2021
Essay

‘The Post Office’: A Play from India to Wartime Poland

Jai Chakrabar­ti
September 15, 2021
Cover of The Rabbi and the Reverend: Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight against Silence
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The Rab­bi and the Rev­erend: Joachim Prinz, Mar­tin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight against Silence
Audrey Ades; Chiara Fedele, illus.
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The Spy Who Knew Too Much
Howard Blum
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And None Shall Make Them Afraid: Eight Sto­ries of the Mod­ern State of Israel
Rick Rich­man
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Demo­c­ra­t­ic Jus­tice: Felix Frank­furter, the Supreme Court, and the Mak­ing of the Lib­er­al Establishment
Brad Sny­der
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Map­ping The Dark­ness: The Vision­ary Sci­en­tists Who Unlocked the Mys­ter­ies of Sleep
Ken­neth Miller
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Sears Crosstown in Mem­phis: From Cat­a­logues to a Concourse
Bill Hal­tom
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Mas­ter of the Game: Hen­ry Kissinger and the Art of Mid­dle East Diplomacy
Mar­tin Indyk
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Shloyml Boyml and His Purim Adventure
Yale Strom
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Every Day the Riv­er Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena
Jor­dan Salama
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Most For­tu­nate Unfor­tu­nates: The Jew­ish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans
Mar­lene Trestman
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Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japan­ese Amer­i­cans Who Fought in the Pacif­ic in World War II
Bruce Hen­der­son
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