Tracing the Wolf
To brand myself with something I feared and sought to subdue seemed like a reclamation.
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Posts Tagged: Orthodox Jews
The Benefit of Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Talking with Joshua Henkin
Joshua Henkin discusses his new novel, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS.
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Ways to Love, and Be Loved: Talking with Joy Ladin
Joy Ladin discusses the new edition of THE BOOK OF ANNA.
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Keeping Yiddish Alive: A Conversation with Josh Lambert
Josh Lambert discusses the anthology HOW YIDDISH CHANGED AMERICA AND HOW AMERICA CHANGED YIDDISH.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #190: R.L. Maizes
“We all fail to do the right thing some of the time.”
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How to Keep Calm and Carry On
Your mind doesn’t play tricks on you. You play tricks on your mind.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Used to Be Schwartz
When I told my friend Aharon that my family name used to be Schwartz, he said, “Used to be Schwartz—sounds like a Borscht Belt act.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Shulem Deen
Shulem Deen talks about his memoir, All Who Go Do Not Return.
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