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    Ritual & Practice

    Cover of From Darkness into Light: Claude Riedel and the Art of the Ner Tamid
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    From Dark­ness into Light: Claude Riedel and the Art of the Ner Tamid
    Claude Riedel
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    A Daugh­ter’s Kad­dish: My Year of Grief, Devo­tion, and Healing
    Sarah Birn­bach
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    Fic­tion
    Hanukkah Veron­i­ca: The Mitz­vah Fairy
    Wendy Brant
    Cover of Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice
    Non­fic­tion
    Beyond the Syn­a­gogue: Jew­ish Nos­tal­gia as Reli­gious Practice
    Rachel B. Gross
    Cover of Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Single Woman's Guide to Grieving
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    For­get Prayers, Bring Cake: A Sin­gle Wom­an’s Guide to Grieving
    Meris­sa Nathan Gerson
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Don­key and the Garden
    Devora Busheri, Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator)
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    Chil­dren’s
    And a Cat From Carmel Market
    Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Rotem Teplow (Illustrator)
    Essay

    Jew­it­namese

    Nhi Aron­heim
    May 19, 2021
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    Excerpt: ​‘Thou Shalt Unplug’ from Inscribed

    Tiffany Shlain
    May 10, 2021
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    Fic­tion
    Sadie’s Shab­bat Stories
    Melis­sa Stoller
    Essay

    Kad­dish for Covid Times

    Nao­mi L. Baum
    March 29, 2021
    Essay

    The Joy of Miss­ing Out

    Tra­cy Brown
    March 1, 2021
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    Sarah’s Solo
    Tracy Brown, Paula Wegman (illus.)
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    Judaism’s Life-Chang­ing Ideas: A Week­ly Read­ing of the Hebrew Bible
    Jonathan Sacks
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    Yeshi­va Days: Learn­ing on the Low­er East Side
    Jonathan Boyarin
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    Esther Didn’t Dream of Being Queen
    Allison Ofanansky, Valentina Belloni (illus.)
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