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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
Essay Remembering Avrom Sutzkever Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAvrom Sutzkever, 1950 – photo by Fritz CohenJeremy Dauber writes for The New Republic on the Yiddish poet Avrom… JBC Staff February 2, 2010