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Interview

Gender and Jewish Identity as Part of the Recipe: A Conversation with Jennieke Cohen

Emily Schneider

February 9, 2023

Essay

The Plot of a Mystery Hidden in a Dead Sea Scroll

Ellen Frankel

May 4, 2022

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The Books of Jacob

Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translator)

Essay

What is the Point of Antisemitism in Historical Fiction?

David Liss

November 22, 2021

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Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy

Essay

What Kind of a Name is Osnos?

Peter Osnos

August 30, 2021

Recommended Reading

JBC Bookshelf: Fall Reading 2021

JBC Staff

August 9, 2021

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Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe

Ephraim Shoham-Steiner

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Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews

Deatra Cohen, Adam Siegel

Essay

A Return to the Source: On Translating Tobie Nathan’s ‘A Land Like You’

Joyce Zonana

June 14, 2021

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The Jewish Body: A History

Robert Jütte, Elizabeth Bredeck (Translator)

Poetry

Ak-mechet

David Osachy

June 7, 2021

Excerpt

Excerpt: In Dreams Together

Leslie Fazekas

April 19, 2021

Essay

Healers of the Pale: A Hidden Herbal Legacy

Deatra Cohen

April 5, 2021

Essay—From the Journal

The Silent Toilers Are No Longer Silent

Alexis Landau

March 15, 2021

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