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Nonfiction The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Michael W. Twitty
Essay What My Nazi Great-Grandfather Taught Me About the Obligation to Act Ursula Werner March 6, 2017
Jewish Text Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah: Canonization and Resistance in the Reception of a Jewish Classic Eric Lawee
Nonfiction What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans) Naomi B. Sokoloff and Nancy E. Berg
Essay A Flower of Ashkenazi Frizz In her last blogs, Joanna Rakoff wrote about some of her favorite books. In the months preceding its publication, Jean Hanff… Joanna Rakoff July 31, 2009