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    Cover of Meant to Be Mine
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    Meant to Be Mine
    Han­nah Orenstein
    Interview

    Mar­ti­nis, Mahjong, and Soul­mates: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Orenstein

    Simona Zaret­sky
    June 6, 2022
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    Cult Clas­sic
    Sloane Crosley
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    Shmutz
    Feli­cia Berliner
    Cover of The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and Talmud
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    The Choice: A Nov­el of Love, Faith, and Talmud
    Mag­gie Anton
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    My Fine Fel­low: A Deli­cious Entanglement
    Jen­nieke Cohen
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    Arriv­ing in Love

    Maayan Eitan
    March 8, 2022
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    From the Jew­ish Provinces: Select­ed Stories
    Fradl Shtok, Allison Schachter and Jordan D. Finkin (Translators)
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    Shaare Emu­nah

    Steven Volynets
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    Bad Luck Bridesmaid
    Ali­son Rose Greenberg
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    The Prodi­gal Child
    Irène Némirovsky, Sandra Smith (Translator)
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    An Obser­vant Wife: A Novel
    Nao­mi Ragen
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    Romance, Roma­nia, and Redemp­tion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sarah Kornfeld 

    Emi­ly Stone
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    Some­thing Wild
    Hanna Halperin
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    A Play for the End of the World: A Novel
    Jai Chakrabar­ti
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    Lori Banov Kaufmann
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