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Interview

Claim­ing Our Golems (And Our Joy): A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Jean Meltzer and Beth Kander

Jean Meltzer, Beth Kan­der
December 9, 2024
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The Ques­tion of Unwor­thy Life: Eugen­ics and Germany’s Twen­ti­eth Century 
Dag­mar Herzog
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Dis­abil­i­ty and Trans Torah: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Julia Watts Belser and Joy Ladin

Julia Watts Belser, Joy Ladin
September 9, 2024
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Octo­ber 7: A Jour­ney of Safe­ty, Faith, and Care in Our Daughter’s Jew­ish Group Home

Vick­ie Rubin
July 22, 2024
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This Is My Shabbat
Chris Barash; Aviel Basil, illus.
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Lov­ing Our Own Bones: Dis­abil­i­ty Wis­dom and the Spir­i­tu­al Sub­ver­sive­ness of Know­ing Our­selves Whole
Julia Watts Belser
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All The Ways You Taught Us: A Mem­oir of Abil­i­ty, Dis­abil­i­ty, and the Pur­suit of Meaning
Janet R. Gordon
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Liv­ing with Autism Undiagnosed
R. Horowitz
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Vision: A Mem­oir of Blind­ness and Justice
David S. Tatel
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Empow­er­ing Seder Con­ver­sa­tions Passover Haggadah
Eitan Ashman; Contemporary Jewish Voices
Essay

Sto­ries That Don’t End

Jane Sag­i­naw
March 6, 2023
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Salt & Hon­ey: Jew­ish Teens on Fem­i­nism, Cre­ativ­i­ty, and Tradition 
Elizabeth Mandel, Emmanuelle Sippy, Maya Savin Miller, and Michele Lent Hirsch, eds.; Michelle Shapiro Abraham, contrib.
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Sacha Lamb, Aden Poly­doros
September 19, 2022
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‘Believ­ing in Bash­ert’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Elyssa Fried­land and Jean Meltzer

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August 8, 2022
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