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Non­fic­tion
Clipped: A mom invents a way to hold her life togeth­er just as the world falls apart
Adri­enne Alitowski
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Chil­dren’s
The Muse­um of Lost Teeth
Elyssa Fried­land
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Non­fic­tion
My Life In Dog Years: A Memoir
Rita Rud­ner
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Non­fic­tion
Sor­ry, Sor­ry, Sor­ry: The Case for Good Apologies
Mar­jorie Ingall
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Fic­tion
Crazy to Leave You
Mar­i­lyn Simon Rothstein
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Fic­tion
Falik and His House
Jacob Dinezon, Mindy Liberman (Translator)
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Non­fic­tion
For­get Prayers, Bring Cake: A Sin­gle Wom­an’s Guide to Grieving
Meris­sa Nathan Gerson
From the Journal

Kvetch­ers in the Rye

Ken Krim­stein
July 19, 2021
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Chil­dren’s
The Don­key and the Garden
Devora Busheri, Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator)
Essay

A Boy Named Jew

Yehu­di Mercado
July 6, 2021
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Fic­tion
Hill of Beans: A Nov­el of War and Celluloid
Leslie Epstein
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Fic­tion
Last Sum­mer at the Gold­en Hotel
Elyssa Fried­land
Essay

It’s ​‘Schitt’s Creek,’ But Even Jew­ier: Wel­come to ​‘The Gold­en Hotel’

Elyssa Fried­land
May 13, 2021
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I Want to Be Where the Nor­mal Peo­ple Are
Rachel Bloom
Interview

The Infi­nite Opti­mist: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Yaniv Iczkovits

Bram Press­er
March 17, 2021
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The Hag­gadah About Noth­ing: The (Unof­fi­cial) Sein­feld Haggadah
Rabbi Sam Reinstein
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