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Nonfiction The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century Dagmar Herzog
Interview Disability and Trans Torah: A Conversation Between Julia Watts Belser and Joy Ladin Julia Watts Belser, Joy Ladin September 9, 2024
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7 October 7: A Journey of Safety, Faith, and Care in Our Daughter’s Jewish Group Home Vickie Rubin July 22, 2024
Nonfiction Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole Julia Watts Belser
Nonfiction All The Ways You Taught Us: A Memoir of Ability, Disability, and the Pursuit of Meaning Janet R. Gordon
Jewish Text Empowering Seder Conversations Passover Haggadah Eitan Ashman; Contemporary Jewish Voices
Jewish Text 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.
Recommended Reading 15 Book Recommendations from Matzah Book Soup Matzah Book Soup December 7, 2022
Interview ‘Pasts That Are as Diverse as the Present’: A Conversation between Sacha Lamb and Aden Polydoros Sacha Lamb, Aden Polydoros September 19, 2022
Interview ‘Believing in Bashert’: A Conversation Between Elyssa Friedland and Jean Meltzer Elyssa Friedland, Jean Meltzer August 8, 2022