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History

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The Jew­ish Body: A History
Robert Jütte, Elizabeth Bredeck (Translator)
Poetry

Ak-mechet

David Osachy
June 7, 2021
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Chil­dren’s
The Peo­ple’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Jus­tice With Art
Cynthia Levinson, Evan Turk (Illustrator)
Essay

Poems Born in Bergen-Belsen

Men­achem Z. Rosensaft
May 24, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
Rav­en­ous: Otto War­burg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Can­cer-Diet Connection
Sam Apple
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Fic­tion
Let­ters to Camondo
Edmund de Waal
Essay

Shak­ing Up the Tanakh

Ali­son L. Joseph
May 3, 2021
Excerpt

Excerpt: Bun­ga­low Colonies and Mahjong Summers

Annelise Heinz
May 3, 2021
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Con­ver­sion, Cir­cum­ci­sion, and Rit­u­al Mur­der in Medieval Europe
Paola Tartakoff
Interview

‘It’s a Sto­ry First’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Amy Hest

Emi­ly Schneider
April 12, 2021
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Nues­tra Améri­ca: My Fam­i­ly in the Ver­ti­go of Translation
Claudio Lomnitz
Essay

Heal­ers of the Pale: A Hid­den Herbal Legacy

Deatra Cohen
April 5, 2021
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Osnat and Her Dove: The True Sto­ry of the World’s First Female Rabbi
Sigal Samuel; Vali Mintzi, illus.
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The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immi­grant House­wives and the Riots that Shook New York City
Scott D. Seligman
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The Light of Days: The Untold Sto­ry of Women Resis­tance Fight­ers in Hitler’s Ghettos
Judy Batal­ion
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The Amer­i­can Jew­ish Phil­an­thropic Com­plex: The His­to­ry of a Multi­bil­lion-Dol­lar Institution
Lila Cor­win Berman
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