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    Cover of Inventing William of Norwich: Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150–1200
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    Invent­ing William of Nor­wich: Thomas of Mon­mouth, Anti­semitism, and Lit­er­ary Cul­ture, 1150 – 1200
    Heather Blur­ton
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    Frankly Fem­i­nist and Paper Brigade: Edi­tors Susan Wei­d­man Schnei­der, Yona McDo­nough, Bec­ca Kan­tor, and Car­ol Kauf­man in Conversation

    JBC Staff
    November 22, 2022
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    The Object of Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture: A Mate­r­i­al History
    Bar­bara E. Mann
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    The Miss­ing Jew
    Rodger Kamenetz
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    Seha: A Wise Fool in Moroc­can Jew­ish Folklore

    Marc Eliany
    November 7, 2022
    Cover of Still No Word From You: Notes in the Margin
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    Still No Word From You: Notes in the Margin
    Peter Orner
    Cover of Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet
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    Jer­sey Breaks: Becom­ing an Amer­i­can Poet
    Robert Pin­sky
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    The Hid­den Order of Inti­ma­cy: Reflec­tions on the Book of Leviticus
    Avi­vah Got­tlieb Zornberg
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    How the Sovi­et Jew Was Made
    Sasha Senderovich
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    Salo Baron: The Past and Future of Jew­ish Stud­ies in America
    Rebecca Kobrin
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    The Lit­er­ary Mafia: Jews, Pub­lish­ing, and Post­war Amer­i­can Literature
    Josh Lam­bert
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    ‘Hunger for Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Johan­na Kaplan

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    Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashe­vis Singer
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