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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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In My Bones

Zil­ka Joseph
March 11, 2022
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Bene Appétit: The Cui­sine of Indi­an Jews
Esther David
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My Family’s Grind­ing Stone: Jew­ish Cook­ing in Ahmedabad

Esther David
November 22, 2021
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A Play for the End of the World: A Novel
Jai Chakrabar­ti
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‘The Post Office’: A Play from India to Wartime Poland

Jai Chakrabar­ti
September 15, 2021
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Jew­ish Asian Amer­i­can Stories

Bec­ca Kantor
March 19, 2021
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‘A Most Unlike­ly Secret Agent’: The Sto­ry of Noor Inay­at Khan

Arthur J. Magida
March 15, 2021
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‘The Max­i­mum City’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Leah Franqui

Simona Zaret­sky
October 26, 2020
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Moth­er Land
Leah Fran­qui
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All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir
Mary Mor­ris
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Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occu­pied Paris
Arthur J. Magida
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For­est with Castanets
Diane Mehta
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Excerpt: The Lim­its of the World

Jen­nifer Acker
July 8, 2019
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Good Talk: A Mem­oir in Conversations
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