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In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust
Fiction The Antiphonary of Love: The Call of the Scroll Jacqueline Semha Gmach Stephanie Johnstone Steinberg
Interview ‘A More Personal Slice of Science Fiction/Fantasy’: A Conversation Between Lavie Tidhar and Silvia Moreno-Garcia Lavie Tidhar, Silvia Moreno-Garcia July 19, 2021
Essay Doppelgänger: Or Aya and Me Ayelet Tsabari writes a “strange, unexpected postscript” to her essay “A Simple Girl,” excerpted in the 2019 issue of Paper Brigade. Ayelet Tsabari May 14, 2019
Excerpt Little Rooster: A Story from David Bezmozgis’s New Collection Ten years after my grandfather died, I found myself sorting through a shallow plastic bin that held the accumulated documentation of his life. David Bezmozgis May 8, 2019
Recommended Reading The Best Place on Earth Earlier this week, Nancy Richler discussed the perspective of her novel The Imposter Bride and why she decided to forgo research. She has been blogging here for… Nancy Richler March 8, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Mile End Cookbook Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe Mile End Cookbook: Redefining Jewish Comfort Food from Hash to Hamantaschen (Noah and Rae Bernamoff) will be published by… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 24, 2012