The Five Books: Jewish Authors on the Books That Shaped Them

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BONUS: Dara Horn on Tevye the Dairyman

Award-winning author Dara Horn is also a professor of Jewish literature. In discussing the Tevye story, she went into a deep dive, explaining each of the daughters’ marriages as a confrontation with a different political challenge to Russian Jews. I was riveted and wanted to share with you as well!

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  Rabbi Yitz Greenberg on Re-envisioning the Jewish Future

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  BONUS: Introducing Jewish Insights with Justin Pines

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  Jake Cohen on the Magic of Gathering Around the Table

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  Sam Sussman on Bob Dylan and Being his Mother’s Son

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  Rabbi Angela Buchdahl on Finding Yourself in the Story

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  Kitty Zeldis On Passing and the Relief of Being “Kitty”

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  Ilana Kurshan on Books as Blueprints for Life

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  Sarah Hurwitz on Reclaiming Our Jewish Story

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  Toby Lloyd on Biblical Horror and being a Jewish Atheist

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  Sharon Kurtzman on the Danger that Lingered Post Holocaust

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  Rachel Cockerell on The Zionist Dream That Sailed to Galveston

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  BONUS: Introducing The Book of Life Podcast

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  Esther Levy Chehebar on Marriage, Sisterhood, and the Weight of Tradition

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  Elizabeth Graver on Lost Worlds and New Doorways

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  Jessica Berger Gross on Cultural Judaism and Creative Resistance

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  Mary Morris on Hidden Histories and Jewish Identities