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Interview Talking with Debut Novelist Kim Sherwood Testament tells the story of a young woman whose beloved grandfather dies, triggering her quest to find the truth of his past. Amy Spungen February 26, 2019 Excerpt Excerpt: Hitler’s Pawn In some photographs he looks like a frightened child; in others he is quite handsome, almost sultry, albeit in a boyish way. He had large, expressive, dark eyes and wore his black hair slicked back in the style of 1930s adolescence. Stephen Koch February 26, 2019 Essay How Elie Wiesel Taught Me to Grapple with Difficult Religious Texts When a text disappoints us with an anti-human message, we will avoid the sin of premature forgiveness, of letting the text off the hook too easily. Ariel Burger February 26, 2019 Meet National Jewish Book Award Winner Rebecca Erbelding JBC Staff February 25, 2019 Essay The Real Gittel of “Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story” Lesléa Newman February 25, 2019 Interview A Conversation with Children’s Author Debbie Levy Emily Schneider February 25, 2019 Pagination Previous page Newer Current page143 Next page Older Pagination First page 1 … Page141 Page142 Current page143 Page144 Page145 … Last page 491
Interview Talking with Debut Novelist Kim Sherwood Testament tells the story of a young woman whose beloved grandfather dies, triggering her quest to find the truth of his past. Amy Spungen February 26, 2019
Excerpt Excerpt: Hitler’s Pawn In some photographs he looks like a frightened child; in others he is quite handsome, almost sultry, albeit in a boyish way. He had large, expressive, dark eyes and wore his black hair slicked back in the style of 1930s adolescence. Stephen Koch February 26, 2019
Essay How Elie Wiesel Taught Me to Grapple with Difficult Religious Texts When a text disappoints us with an anti-human message, we will avoid the sin of premature forgiveness, of letting the text off the hook too easily. Ariel Burger February 26, 2019
Essay The Real Gittel of “Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story” Lesléa Newman February 25, 2019