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Books What the Jewish author behind one of America’s most banned books has to say about censorship today
David Levithan, a pioneering author of queer young adult novels, is part of a landmark lawsuit against a Florida school district's book bans
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Books How a quintessentially Yiddish sensibility created a thoroughly modern Don Quixote
Edith Grossman, translator of Cervantes, García Márquez and Vargas Llosa, has died at 87
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Books A Florida JCC canceled a Jewish author’s talk because her novel mentions slavery
The JCC cited the state’s ‘political climate’ in canceling a talk about Rachel Beanland’s book, set in 1811 in Virginia
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Books Biden decided to ‘smother Netanyahu with love’ during 2021 Gaza conflict, new book claims
Franklin Foer’s new book on Biden’s presidency includes a chapter that conveys his hesitancy to get tough with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Books His memoir was a transcendent look at Black-Jewish relations. Can he pull it off again — in a great American novel?
James McBride, author of 'The Color of Water,' told the Forward about how his family’s story inspired his latest novel — and why writers should stay offline
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Books In America, motherhood is dominated by a patriarchal medical industry — can Jewish tradition show the way forward?
Discussing her book 'Birth Control,' journalist Allison Yarrow finds reasons for concern and reasons for hope
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Books Something wonderful is happening in the world of Jewish poetry
At the Yetzirah Poetry Conference, some Jewish poets feel they have finally found their very own shul
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Books Inspired by Chabad and a teenage mom, he’s given more than a million books to kids in need
BookSmiles is now one of the largest book banks in the nation
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Yiddish די הגדה ווי אַ לעבעדיקער דענקמאָל פֿון אַשכּנזישער פּאָעזיעThe Haggadah as a living monument to Ashkenazi poetry
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