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Items with the tag:

death & mourning

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

You Only Go Up to Israel for the First Time Once in Your Life

Shawn A. Weiss
October 7, 2024
Essay

The One Year of Shiva

Lee Yaron
October 6, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
Fifty-Sev­en Fri­days: Los­ing Our Daugh­ter, Find­ing Our Way
Myra Sack
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Non­fic­tion
One Day in Octo­ber: Forty Heroes, Forty Stories
Yair Agmon and Oriya Mevorach
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

A Prayer on this Rosh Hashanah

Mol­ly Ritvo
September 26, 2024
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Fic­tion
A Rea­son to See You Again
Jami Atten­berg
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Non­fic­tion
10/7: 100 Human Stories
Lee Yaron
Interview—From the Journal

Words Between Worlds: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ayelet Tsabari

Simona Zaret­sky
September 9, 2024
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Fic­tion
Songs for the Bro­ken­heart­ed: A Novel
Ayelet Tsabari
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

All of Us Sit­ting on That Bench

Geu­la Geurts
September 5, 2024
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Blood Flow: A Son’s 40-year Jour­ney to Under­stand His Father’s Suicide.
Lar­ry Bograd
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Doc­tor, Will You Pray for Me?: Med­i­cine, Chap­lains and Heal­ing the Whole Person
Robert Klitz­man
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Fin­ger­printz: One Wom­an’s Jour­ney Through Loss, Love and Very Lit­tle Babies
Lisa Printz Roday
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Things I Saw at the Nova Exhibit

Abby Horowitz
August 19, 2024
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The Last of the Light
Alexan­der Shalom Joseph
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The World After Alice
Lau­ren Aliza Green
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