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Nonfiction Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy Eilene Zimmerman
Nonfiction The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of Play Alexander Kriss
Nonfiction The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life Andrew Blauner
Nonfiction Can Robots Be Jewish?: Inspirational Rabbis Answer Pressing Questions of Modern Life Amy E. Schwartz
Nonfiction Growing Weed in the Garden: A No-Fuss Seed-to-Stash Guide to Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation Johanna Silver
Essay The Last Great Jewish Novel Was a Movie: A Look Back at the Coen Brothers’ ‘A Serious Man’ An examination of the literary influences behind the film, a decade after its release. Andrew Ridker March 19, 2019
Nonfiction The Case of the Sexy Jewess: Dance, Gender and Jewish Joke-work in US Pop Culture Hannah Schwadron
Essay I Re-Read American Girl’s Rebecca Rubin Books, and They Hold Up Emily Schneider December 3, 2018
Essay Only We Can Save Us: A Brief History of Jewish Superheroes, Real and Fictional Adam Nemett November 1, 2018
Nonfiction Just the Funny Parts…And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys’ Club Nell Scovell
