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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Long Island Compromise
    Taffy Brodess­er-Akn­er
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    Excerpt: Near­ly Departed

    Gila Pfef­fer
    July 8, 2024
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    Tra­di­tion in an Untra­di­tion­al Age
    Jonathan Sacks
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    The­ater as Tzedakah

    Eddie Shapiro
    July 3, 2024
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    Did Judy Blume Rewrite Child­hood for You?

    JBC Staff
    July 1, 2024
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    Wav­ing Good­bye: Life After Loss 
    War­ren Kozak
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    “Engag­ing Through Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture”: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Marc Rothstein

    JBC Staff
    June 24, 2024
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    Every Wrin­kle Has a Story
    David Grossman; Ninamasina, illus.; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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    Great Lit­er­a­ture, Not-So-Great Fathers

    Julian Tep­per
    June 14, 2024
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    On the Couch: Writ­ers Ana­lyze Sig­mund Freud
    Andrew Blauner, ed.
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    Joy­ful Song: A Nam­ing Story
    Lesléa Newman; Susan Gal, illus.
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    100 Jew­ish Brides: Sto­ries from Around the World
    Bar­bara Vinick
    Shu­lamit Reinharz
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    Jack­pot Summer
    Elyssa Fried­land
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    Car­o­line Leavitt
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    Where Is Poppy?
    Car­o­line Kusin Pritchard
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    Lov­ing Our Own Bones: Dis­abil­i­ty Wis­dom and the Spir­i­tu­al Sub­ver­sive­ness of Know­ing Our­selves Whole
    Julia Watts Belser
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