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Cover of The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America
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The Con­fi­dante: The Untold Sto­ry of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Mod­ern America
Christo­pher C. Gorham
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Still Pic­tures: On Pho­tog­ra­phy and Memory
Janet Mal­colm
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Nine Jew­ish Writ­ers Share Their Must-Read Books for Wom­en’s His­to­ry Month

JBC Staff
March 13, 2023
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Fic­tion
The Dress­mak­ers of Prospect Heights
Kit­ty Zeldis
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The Amer­i­can Way: A True Sto­ry of Nazi Escape, Super­man, and Mar­i­lyn Monroe
Helene Stap­in­s­ki
Bon­nie Siegler
Essay

Fic­tion­al­iz­ing the Low­er East Side: Assim­i­la­tion and Oppor­tu­ni­ty in the Jew­ish Immi­grant Experience

Daisy Alpert Florin
February 13, 2023
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Mis­ter Mar­vel: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Dan­ny Fin­geroth About Stan Lee and His Jew­ish Influences

Roy Schwartz
January 30, 2023
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Excerpt: The 12th Commandment

Daniel Tor­day
January 16, 2023
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Chil­dren’s
Where You’ve Got to Be
Car­o­line Gertler
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A Bril­liant Com­mod­i­ty: Dia­monds and Jews in a Mod­ern Setting
Saskia Coenen Snyder
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Excerpt: The New Yorkers

Sam Roberts
December 19, 2022
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Let Our Bod­ies Change the Subject
Jared Harél
Cover of One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in the 1950's New York
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One-Legged Mon­goose: Secrets, Lega­cies, and Com­ing of Age in the 1950’s New York
Marc J. Straus
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Mon­ster Club
Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel; Ronald Kurniawan, illus.
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Penin­nah’s World: A Jew­ish Life in Stories 
Caren Schnur Neile
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Florine Stet­theimer: A Biography
Bar­bara Bloemink
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