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So much Holocaust
At Tablet, in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I wrote about the best Holocaust books of 2019. This year, [...]
In which my brother and his husband have a Simcha
Keeping on the feel-good tip, here is a story about joy and liberation and a Bat Mitzvah at CBST, New [...]
Happy New Year (?)
Here's hoping 2020 is better than 2019. In upbeat news, I am enjoying Oscar Isaac and John Boyega giving Disney [...]
News of the Jews
A personal history of Sesame Street at 50. (I am trash for Oscar.) Musings on Jenny Slate's performance and writing. [...]
Happy Halloween
Nu, where are all the scary Jewish children's books? (We'll always have Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.) In other children's book [...]
Wedding dresses, just because
I enjoyed this post on wedding dresses, from Liz Black, a writer revisiting her wedding dress nine years later. It [...]