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Event Scriptions: Jewish Thoughts and Responses to COVID-19 Wednesday, February 10, 2021 1:30–2:30pm Zoom
Nonfiction When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill Howard Mortman
Nonfiction Invisible Enlighteners: The Jewish Merchants of Modena, from the Renaissance to the Emancipation Federica Francesconi
Nonfiction Bound in the Bond of Life: Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy Beth Kissileff and Eric Lidji (eds.)
Interview ‘Why Not Make Magic Literal?’: A Conversation with Leigh Bardugo and David Hopen Simona Zaretsky, Becca Kantor December 28, 2020
Nonfiction The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle David Edmonds
Fiction Strangers in a Stranger Land: How One Country’s Jews Fought an Unwinnable War alongside Nazi Troops… and Survived John B. Simon
Interview ‘Life as a Dislocating Experience’: A Conversation with David Adjmi Bob Goldfarb November 23, 2020
Excerpt Excerpt — The Jewish Intellectual Tradition: A History of Learning and Achievement Alan Kadish, Michael A. Shmidman, Simcha Fishbane November 23, 2020
