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Nonfiction Welcome to Wherever We Are: A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption Deborah J. Cohan
Interview Queer Identity in Jewish History: An Interview with Noam Sienna An interview about an anthology exploring marginalized voices in Jewish history Sacha Lamb June 11, 2019
Essay Marilyn Sachs, Forgotten Pioneer in Children’s Literature At a time when children’s literature was filled with picture-perfect families, Marilyn Sachs painted a darker, richer reality. Emily Schneider June 3, 2019
Interview ‘Preachiness Doesn’t Make for Good Fiction’: Dana Czapnik and Sam Graham-Felsen in Conversation Two debut authors discuss their coming-of-age novels set in the gritty New York and Boston of the nineties. Sam Graham-Felsen, Dana Czapnik April 30, 2019
Nonfiction Gender and Religious Leadership: Women Rabbis, Pastors, and Ministers Hartmut Bomhoff, Denise L. Eger, Kathy Ehrensperger, Walter Homolka (Editors)
Essay The Forgotten Jewish Element of the Women’s Liberation Movement Joyce Antler March 7, 2018
Nonfiction Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement Joyce Antler