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Essay ‘Mortality Faced You as a Question’: Ilana Masad on Living through Grief Ilana Masad May 11, 2020
Interview—From the Journal ‘You Shouldn’t Go around Hugging Bears’: A Conversation with Keith Gessen Rebecca Schuman April 20, 2020
From the Journal A Woman’s Voice: Books by Four Rediscovered Authors Ruth Andrew Ellenson March 26, 2020
From the Journal ‘The Secret Was Me’: A Conversation with Dani Shapiro and T Kira Madden Becca Kantor January 28, 2020
From the Journal Beyond the Shadows: The Holocaust and the Danish Exception Judy Glickman Lauder, Elie Wiesel , Michael Berenbaum, Judith S. Goldstein December 9, 2019
From the Journal The Refugee in Fiction: A Conversation with Jenny Erpenbeck and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Becca Kantor November 18, 2019
Essay—From the Journal Bodies, Borders, and Desire Three new novels set in Israel explore Jewish – Arab relationships. Ranen Omer-Sherman August 5, 2019
Essay “I Am a Bombay on the Move”: Growing Up Jewish and Jain An exploration of religious and racial displacement Diane Mehta June 17, 2019
From the Journal A Simple Girl Growing up, Ayelet Tsabari grappled with Mizrahi stereotypes — and found inspiration in Ofra Haza, Israel’s iconic, Yemini singer. Ayelet Tsabari May 13, 2019
Interview—From the Journal Stories Are Immortal: A Conversation with Chloe Benjamin It’s no wonder that Jews, as a diasporic group, have such rich intellectual traditions: stories are portable and, dare I say, immortal. Karah Preiss May 6, 2019
