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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
Essay—From the Journal Point of Contact Making songs and poems about Torah. Alicia Jo Rabins April 30, 2019
Essay—From the Journal Papa Stalin and the Happy Family On Communist Yiddish children’s books in the Soviet Union and United States. Miriam Udel April 29, 2019
From the Journal In the Beginning the Neighborhood Girls Read Philip Roth Drunk in Their Baths Allison Pitinii Davis February 11, 2019
Essay—From the Journal Louisa May Alcott and the Jews of ‘Little Women’ Revisiting Louisa May Alcott’s classic 150 years afters its release, and its minor (and mildly offensive) Jewish characters. Emily Schneider November 19, 2018
From the Journal The Jewish Women Writers Who Made Their Mark on Café Culture Shachar Pinsker May 31, 2018