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Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah
Chil­dren’s
All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly Hanukkah
Emily Jenkins; Paul O. Zelinsky, illus.
Cover of Devil's Mile: The Rich, Gritty History of the Bowery
Non­fic­tion
Dev­il’s Mile: The Rich, Grit­ty His­to­ry of the Bowery
Alice Sparberg Alexiou
Essay

The His­to­ry Behind a New York City Sub­way Beau­ty Pageant

Susie Orman Schnall
July 16, 2018
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Fic­tion
The Right Thing to Do at the Time
Dov Zeller
Essay

The Star Around My Neck

Piper Weiss
April 11, 2018
Cover of The Subway Girls
Fic­tion
The Sub­way Girls
Susie Orman Schnall
Cover of The Knish War on Rivington Street
Chil­dren’s
The Knish War on Riv­ing­ton Street
Joanne Oppenheim; Jon Davis, illus.
Essay

Fic­tion and Physics

Car­ol Zoref
October 13, 2017
Cover of Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York
Non­fic­tion
Going Into Town: A Love Let­ter to New York
Roz Chast
Essay

Long­ing for New York

Han­nah Lil­lith Assadi
July 5, 2017
Essay

The Poet of Thomp­son Street

Joseph Helm­re­ich
March 15, 2017
Cover of City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
Non­fic­tion
City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic His­to­ry of Immi­grant New York
Tyler Anbinder
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Cook­book
Jack­’s Wife Fre­da: Cook­ing From New York’s West Village
Dean Jenklowitz, Maya Jenklowitz, Julia Jaksic
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The Jews of Harlem
Jeffrey S. Gurock
Essay

A Nazi Meet­ing at Madi­son Square Garden

Ear­li­er this week, Ezra Glin­ter wrote about the research behind his anthol­o­gy Have I Got a Sto­ry for You: More Than a Cen­tu­ry of Fic­tion from The…
Ezra Glin­ter
November 2, 2016
Essay

Bring­ing a Taste of the Old World(s) to Sun­ny California

Togeth­er with Liz Alpern, Jef­frey Yoskowitz is both co-founder of The Gefilte­ria and co-author of The Gefilte Man­i­festo: New Recipes for Old World Jew­ish Foods. With the…
Jef­frey Yoskowitz
September 15, 2016
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