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Chunky
Yehu­di Mercado
Interview

‘A More Per­son­al Slice of Sci­ence Fiction/​Fan­ta­sy’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Lavie Tid­har and Sil­via Moreno-Garcia

Lavie Tid­har, Sil­via Moreno-Garcia
July 19, 2021
Essay

My Hand on His Shoul­der: A Descen­dant of Cryp­to-Jews Inserts Her­self into the His­tor­i­cal Record

Kath­leen Alcalá
June 21, 2021
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Fic­tion
Mon­key Boy
Francisco Goldman
Excerpt

Excerpt: Mod­ern Kosher

Michael Aaron Gardiner
September 14, 2020
News

Announc­ing the Natan Notable Books Spring 2020 Winner

JBC Staff
July 20, 2020
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Non­fic­tion
The Return of Car­va­jal: A Mystery
Ilan Sta­vans
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Non­fic­tion
Forg­ing Ties, Forg­ing Pass­ports: Migra­tion and the Mod­ern Sephar­di Diaspora
Devi Mays
Interview

Inter­view: Susan Krawitz

Michal Hoschan­der Malen
February 6, 2018
Essay

The Impor­tance of Intersectionality

Michelle Edwards
June 28, 2017
Essay

Sophia and Mrs. Goldman

Michelle Edwards
June 27, 2017
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Non­fic­tion
Liv­ing in Sil­ver­a­do: Secret Jews in the Sil­ver Min­ing Towns of Colo­nial Mexico
David M. Gitlitz
Essay

Your Graph­ic Nov­el and Mine

Ear­li­er this week, Ilan Sta­vans wrote about the prob­lem with aca­d­e­m­ic writ­ing and asked: Is there a Jew­ish lit­er­ary renais­sance? He has been blog­ging here…
Ilan Sta­vans
December 28, 2012
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Non­fic­tion
Fire and Song: The Sto­ry of Luis de Car­va­jal and the Mex­i­can Inquisition
Anna Lanyon
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Cook­book
The Best of Mex­i­can Kosher Cooking
Shifrah Devorah Witt & Zipporah Malka Heller

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