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on literature

Cover of Songs in Dark Times: Yiddish Poetry of Struggle from Scottsboro to Palestine
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Songs in Dark Times: Yid­dish Poet­ry of Strug­gle from Scotts­boro to Palestine
Amelia M. Glaser
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It Could Lead to Danc­ing: Mixed-Sex Danc­ing and Jew­ish Modernity
Sonia Gollance
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The Pow­er of a Tale: Sto­ries from the Israel Folk­lore Archives
Haya Bar-Itzhak and Idit Pintel-Ginsberg (eds.)
Essay—From the Journal

Mag­ic, Mem­o­ry, and Mass Mur­der: New Shtetl Lit­er­a­ture and the Long Back­shad­ow of Genocide

Moriel Roth­man-Zech­er
October 13, 2020
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Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Nar­ra­tive, and Fate
Daniel Mendel­sohn
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A Hun­dred Acres of Amer­i­ca: The Geog­ra­phy of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Lit­er­ary History
Michael Hober­man
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Who Wants to Be A Jew­ish Writer?: And Oth­er Essays
Adam Kirsch
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The Art of Bible Translation
Robert Alter
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Find­ing a Portable Home­land in Yiddish

Ellen Cassedy
September 28, 2018
From the Journal

The Jew­ish Women Writ­ers Who Made Their Mark on Café Culture

Shachar Pinsker
May 31, 2018
Essay

Who Is the Chaim Potok of Today?

Beth Kissileff
April 5, 2018
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Ances­tral Tales: Read­ing the Bucza­cz Sto­ries of S.Y. Agnon
Alan Mintz
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30 Days, 30 Authors: Lau­rie Lico Albanese

Cel­e­brate Jew­ish Book Month with #30days30authors! JBC invit­ed an author to share thoughts on #Jew­Lit for each day of Jew­ish Book Month. Watch, read, enjoy, and…
Lau­rie Lico Albanese
December 1, 2017
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30 Days, 30 Authors: Idra Novey

Idra Novey
November 17, 2017
Video

30 Days 30 Authors: Judy Laufer

Judy Laufer
November 15, 2017
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Art and the Artist in the Con­tem­po­rary Israeli Novel
Joseph Lowin
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