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Recommended Reading A Basket of Purim Goodies: Stories about the Holiday for Young Readers and Families Michal Hoschander Malen March 3, 2023
Nonfiction The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression Luiz Schwarcz; Eric M. B. Becker, trans.
Nonfiction The Number on Your Forearm is Blue Like Your Eyes Eva Umlauf with Stefanie Oswalt; Shelley Frisch, trans.
Essay The Blue Book: Reanimating Jewish New Orleans Through Fiction Kitty Zeldis February 20, 2023
Essay Fictionalizing the Lower East Side: Assimilation and Opportunity in the Jewish Immigrant Experience Daisy Alpert Florin February 13, 2023