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    Interview

    Queer Iden­ti­ty in Jew­ish His­to­ry: An Inter­view with Noam Sienna 

    An inter­view about an anthol­o­gy explor­ing mar­gin­al­ized voic­es in Jew­ish history

    Sacha Lamb
    June 11, 2019
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    The Soul of Judaism: Jews of African Descent in America
    Bruce D. Haynes
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    Amer­i­can Val­ues, Reli­gious Voic­es: 100 Days. 100 Letters
    Andrea L. Weiss, Lisa M. Weinberger
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    In Good Faith: Ques­tion­ing Reli­gion and Atheism
    Scott A. Shay
    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
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    The Cook­ing Gene: A Jour­ney Through African Amer­i­can Culi­nary His­to­ry in the Old South
    Michael W. Twitty
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    What My Nazi Great-Grand­fa­ther Taught Me About the Oblig­a­tion to Act

    Ursu­la Werner
    March 6, 2017
    Essay

    A Trav­el­er With­out a Ticket

    Alan Judd
    January 30, 2017
    Essay

    Ernes­tine Rose, Juden­schmerz, and Me

    Bon­nie S. Anderson
    January 27, 2017
    Essay

    How Jew­ish Was Ernes­tine Rose?

    Bon­nie S. Anderson
    January 25, 2017
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    Lovesong: Becom­ing a Jew
    Julius Lester
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    Anna’s Dance: A Balkan Odyssey
    Michele Levy
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    The Dairy Restaurant
    Ben Katchor
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    Feed­ing Women of the Bible, Feed­ing Ourselves
    Kenden Alfond
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    Rashi’s Com­men­tary on the Torah: Can­on­iza­tion and Resis­tance in the Recep­tion of a Jew­ish Classic
    Eric Lawee
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    What Makes Us
    Rafi Mittlefehldt
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