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    Items with the tag:

    family saga

    Essay

    The Hol­i­day of Sigd: ​‘How Much Pow­er Has the Spirit’

    Shu­la Mola
    November 15, 2022
    Poetry

    Joseph’s Silence

    Jeff Schwartz
    November 15, 2022
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    Fic­tion
    The Incan­des­cent Threads
    Richard Zim­ler
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Sas­soons: The Great Glob­al Mer­chants and the Mak­ing of an Empire 
    Joseph Sas­soon
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    Excerpt: The Sassoons

    Joseph Sas­soon
    October 24, 2022
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    Greet­ings From Asbury Park
    Daniel H. Turtel
    Essay

    Dig­ging Into Your Family’s Roots: Why You Should Chase History 

    Lisa Brahin
    June 21, 2022
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    Fic­tion
    Meant to Be Mine
    Han­nah Orenstein
    Interview

    Mar­ti­nis, Mahjong, and Soul­mates: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Orenstein

    Simona Zaret­sky
    June 6, 2022
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    The End of Her: Rac­ing Against Alzheimer’s to Solve a Murder
    Wayne Hoff­man
    Jew­ish His­tor­i­cal Fiction
    Essay

    Be Patient in Judg­ment: Pirkei Avot and the Cher­nobyl Disaster

    Rachel Baren­baum
    April 4, 2022
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    ‘The Trag­ic Cir­cle and the Melior­ist Line’: A con­ver­sa­tion with Colum McCann and Joshua Cohen

    Bec­ca Kantor
    January 31, 2022
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    Cov­er Me With My Izar
    Nora Houri-Haim
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    The Van­ished Collection
    Pauline Baer de Perignon; Natasha Lehrer, trans.
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    Maya Cia­r­roc­chi
    November 22, 2021
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