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Post­war Sto­ries: How Books Made Judaism American
Rachel Gor­dan
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

We Are No Longer Welcome

Yardenne Greenspan
April 19, 2024
Essay

Post­war Anti-Anti­semitism Nov­els and the Women Behind Them

Rachel Gor­dan
April 1, 2024
Interview—From the Journal

An Editor’s Jour­ney: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Altie Karper

Car­ol Kaufman
March 25, 2024
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On Czesław Miłosz: Visions from the Oth­er Europe
Eva Hoff­man
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Writ­ings on Yid­dish and Yid­dishkayt: The War Years, 1939 – 1945
Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, trans.
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The Gim­mel in ​“The Great Gimmelmans”

Lee Matthew Goldberg
January 1, 2024
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Bert Mey­ers: On the Life and Work of an Amer­i­can Master
Daniel Levin and Adele Elise Wiliams, eds.
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Vis­it­ing Poland: Writ­ing about the Holocaust

Lau­ren Grodstein
December 5, 2023
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The For­got­ten Singer: The Exiled Sis­ter of I.J. and Isaac Bashe­vis Singer
Mau­rice Carr
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Our Twen­ty-First Cen­tu­ry Drey­fus Affair

Daniel H. Turtel
November 13, 2023
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Revis­it­ing Amer­i­can Yid­dish Journalism

Ayelet Brinn
November 13, 2023
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Inau­gur­al Writer’s Res­i­den­cy Con­test with The Bet­sy Writ­ers Room

JBC Staff
November 7, 2023
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Mon­sters, Mag­ic, and Imag­i­na­tion: Writ­ing Jew­ish Fantasy

Cas­san­dra Clare
October 9, 2023
Essay

How Jew­ish­ness Comes and Goes

Ben Purk­ert
July 31, 2023
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Amos Oz: The Lega­cy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond
Ranen Omer-Sher­man
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