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    The Real­ist

    Basia Wino­grad
    January 11, 2021
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    Ninth House
    Leigh Bar­dugo
    Essay

    When a Home Is Not a Home

    Ona Rus­sell
    January 8, 2021
    Cover of The Wondering Jew: Israel and the Search for Jewish Identity
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    The Won­der­ing Jew: Israel and the Search for Jew­ish Identity
    Micah Goodman, Eylon Levy (trans.)
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    Bound in the Bond of Life: Pitts­burgh Writ­ers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy
    Beth Kissileff and Eric Lidji (eds.)
    Essay

    Salinger and the Art of ​“Jew­ish Zen”

    Jerome Charyn
    January 4, 2021
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    Going Rogue (at Hebrew School)
    Casey Bre­ton
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    The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
    Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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    Moral­i­ty: Restor­ing the Com­mon Good in Divid­ed Times
    Jonathan Sacks
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    What to Miss When
    Leigh Stein
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    22 Min­utes of Uncon­di­tion­al Love
    Daphne Merkin
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    The Paper Girl of Paris
    Jor­dyn Taylor
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    The Lady with the Books: A Sto­ry Inspired by the Remark­able Work of Jel­la Lepman
    Kathy Stinson, Marie Lafrance (illus.)
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