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Ritual & Practice

Cover of All Consuming: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat
Non­fic­tion
All Con­sum­ing: Ger­mans, Jews, and the Mean­ing of Meat
John M. Efron
Fiction—From the Journal

The Roman Palms

Barak Kas­sar
April 24, 2025
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Non­fic­tion
God­struck: Sev­en Wom­en’s Unex­pect­ed Jour­neys to Reli­gious Conversion
Kelsey Osgood
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Non­fic­tion
Milk­weed and Hon­ey Cake: A Mem­oir in Rit­u­al Moments
Wendy A. Horwitz
Essay

The Fes­ti­val of Lights, Revised: Hanukkah’s Prag­mat­ic History

Marc Katz
December 23, 2024
Essay

Hope Beyond Despair: The Time­less Gift of Psalms

Jade Sank Ross
December 9, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
For­bid­den: A 3,000-Year His­to­ry of Jews and the Pig
Jor­dan D. Rosenblum
Essay

Not So(w) Kosher? Nine Jew­ish Facts About the Pig

Jor­dan D. Rosenblum
October 7, 2024
Interview

Hear­ing is Believ­ing: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Abi­gail Pogre­bin and Dov Linzer

Abi­gail Pogrebin, Dov Linz­er
September 9, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
Baila the Klopper
Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod; Shirley Waisman, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Space Torah: Astro­naut Jef­frey Hoff­man’s Cos­mic Mitzvah
Rachelle Burk; Craig Orback, illus.
Cover of Communities of Meaning: Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Larry Hoffman
Non­fic­tion
Com­mu­ni­ties of Mean­ing: Con­ver­sa­tions on Mod­ern Jew­ish Life Inspired by Rab­bi Lar­ry Hoffman
Joseph A. Skloot and Lisa J. Grushcow, eds. 
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Chil­dren’s
Where Is Poppy?
Car­o­line Kusin Pritchard
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Visu­al Arts
Omer Cal­en­dar of Bib­li­cal Women
Jill Ham­mer
Essay

Curios­i­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty: My Jour­ney in Torah Study

Leah Hager Cohen
May 20, 2024
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Every­body’s Book: The Sto­ry of the Sara­je­vo Haggadah
Linda Leopold Strauss; Tim Smart, illus.
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