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Three new books of poetry with Jewish themes.
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New Jewish poetry books to accompany you through isolation

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 13, 2020
Covers of "A Bookshop in Berlin" by Francoise Frenkel and "Odyssey of an Apple Thief" by Moishe Rozenbaumas
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Newly translated from French, these two Holocaust memoirs are a treasure

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 20, 2020March 20, 2020
Abby Chava Stein, author of "Becoming Eve." (JTA/Debra Nussbaum Cohen)
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Leaving Orthodoxy: personal stories of gender and Hasidism

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 20, 2020February 20, 2020
From the cover of “Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam” by Fawzia Gilani-Williams.
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In the 2010s, Jewish children’s books diversified but emphasized classic values

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 22, 2020February 20, 2020
From the cover of "Someday We Will Fly" by Rachel DeWoskin.
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Hanukkah gift guide to graphic novels, picture books and young adult novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 18, 2019
Two new books by Israeli novelists: "The Liar" by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen and "And The Bride Closed the Door" by Ronit Matalon.
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Two Israeli novelists explore truth and integrity

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 13, 2019November 13, 2019
From the cover of “The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between” by Michael Dobbs
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New books: Detailed looks at WWII Jewish refugee crisis, and FDR

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman September 20, 2019September 20, 2019
simple line art of a fish carrying a ladder and smoking a cigarette
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No time for summer reading? Short stories are your friend.

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 20, 2019
Detail from the cover of "Bombay Brides," a short story collection by Esther David
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New short story collections are dispatches from outposts of Jewish life

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 22, 2019July 25, 2019
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New books: Arab Jews, Latino Jews and other complicated identities

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 25, 2019June 26, 2019

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