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LGBTQ

Interview

JBC Authors at the Table: Ilana Masad

Ilana Masad
June 10, 2020
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Every­body (Else) Is Per­fect: How I Sur­vived Hypocrisy, Beau­ty, Clicks, and Likes
Gabrielle Korn
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Fic­tion
All My Mother’s Lovers 
Ilana Masad
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Mishkan Ga’avah: Where Pride Dwells: A Cel­e­bra­tion of LGBTQ Jew­ish Life and Ritual
Denise Eger (Editor)
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What We Will Become: A Moth­er, a Son, and a Jour­ney of Transformation
Mimi Lemay
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Becom­ing Eve 
Abby Stein
Interview

Son­tag: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ben­jamin Moser

Bob Gold­farb
September 23, 2019
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Chil­dren’s
A Room Away From the Wolves
Nova Ren Suma
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Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Fam­i­ly Mem­oir of a Trans­gen­der Journey
Jo Ivester
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Fic­tion
Exile Music
Jen­nifer Steil
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Son­tag: Her Life and Work
Ben­jamin Moser
Essay—From the Journal

Bod­ies, Bor­ders, and Desire

Three new nov­els set in Israel explore Jew­ish – Arab relationships.

Ranen Omer-Sher­man
August 5, 2019
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Fic­tion
You Asked for Perfect
Lau­ra Silverman
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Fic­tion
The Flight Port­fo­lio: A Novel
Julie Orringer
Interview

Queer Iden­ti­ty in Jew­ish His­to­ry: An Inter­view with Noam Sienna 

An inter­view about an anthol­o­gy explor­ing mar­gin­al­ized voic­es in Jew­ish history

Sacha Lamb
June 11, 2019
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A Rain­bow Thread: An Anthol­o­gy of Queer Jew­ish Texts from the First Cen­tu­ry to 1969
Noam Sien­na
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