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Excerpt — Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

Daniel Finkelstein

September 18, 2023

Recommended Reading

New Year, New Beginnings: Picture Books for Children and Adults to Enjoy on the High Holidays

Ruth Behar

September 11, 2023

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A Gift of Feathers

Ken Schept; Romina Galotta, illus.

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All-Night Pharmacy

Essay

Inventing Zacharias: Writing Mizrahi Stories

Jasmin Attia

July 10, 2023

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American Born: An Immigrant’s Story, a Daughter’s Memoir

Rachel M. Brownstein

Interview—From the Journal

The Languages of Belonging: A Conversation Between Ruth Behar and Marjorie Agosín

Ruth Behar, Marjorie Agosín

June 19, 2023

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How to Get to Savta’s for Shabbat

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The In-Betweens: A Lyrical Memoir

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Ella KVELLephant and the Search for Bubbe’s Yiddish Treasure

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The Blue Glass Heart

Yona Zeldis McDonough; Chiara Fedele, illus.

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The Woman Beyond the Sea

Sarit Yishai-Levi; Gilah Kahn-Hoffman, trans.

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A Basket of Purim Goodies: Stories about the Holiday for Young Readers and Families

Michal Hoschander Malen

March 3, 2023

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The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression

Luiz Schwarcz; Eric M. B. Becker, trans.

Essay

The Blue Book: Reanimating Jewish New Orleans Through Fiction

Kitty Zeldis

February 20, 2023

Fiction—From the Journal

The Virgin Grandmother

Kate Schmier

February 15, 2023