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Nonfiction Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity Malka Z. Simkovich
Interview Hearing is Believing: A Conversation Between Abigail Pogrebin and Dov Linzer Abigail Pogrebin, Dov Linzer September 9, 2024
Excerpt Excerpt — The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom Adina Allen August 5, 2024
Nonfiction Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture Mira Balberg
Nonfiction A Guide to The Guide to the Perplexed: A Reader’s Companion to Maimonides’ Masterwork Lenn E. Goodman
Nonfiction Living with Our Dead: On Loss and Consolation Delphine Horvilleur; Lisa Appignanesi, trans.
Interview Sermons and ‘Something Powerful’: A Conversation with Sharon Brous Isadora Kianovsky January 8, 2024
Essay Architecture and Judaism: Understanding Our Built World through the Ages Joshua Skarf October 6, 2023