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Nonfiction Welcome to Wherever We Are: A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption Deborah J. Cohan
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
Essay Marilyn Sachs, Forgotten Pioneer in Children’s Literature At a time when children’s literature was filled with picture-perfect families, Marilyn Sachs painted a darker, richer reality. Emily Schneider June 3, 2019
Interview ‘Preachiness Doesn’t Make for Good Fiction’: Dana Czapnik and Sam Graham-Felsen in Conversation Two debut authors discuss their coming-of-age novels set in the gritty New York and Boston of the nineties. Sam Graham-Felsen, Dana Czapnik April 30, 2019
Nonfiction Gender and Religious Leadership: Women Rabbis, Pastors, and Ministers Hartmut Bomhoff, Denise L. Eger, Kathy Ehrensperger, Walter Homolka (Editors)
Nonfiction Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement Joyce Antler
Essay The Forgotten Jewish Element of the Women’s Liberation Movement Joyce Antler March 7, 2018