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Nice Jewish Books — 63 episodes

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The Maiden and her Monster by Maddie Martinez

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The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb by Emmet Hirsch

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Love Me Like a Rock Song by Shelly Jay Shore

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The Last Time We Saw Her with Jaclyn Goldis

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Wild Grapes by Miriam Flock

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Blood of Birds by Jay Bailey

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Accidental friends with Susan Josephs

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AJL Fiction Award Winners 2026

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Alive and Beating / a conversation with Rebecca Wolf

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Immortal Gifts : tales of a Jewish vampire with Katherine Villyard

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Will Hope Arrive in the Shape of Dog? a conversation with Yishay Ishi Ron

12

Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation: a conversation with Sarah Yahm

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Fagin, the Jew; Fagin the Thief; Fagin the Man: a conversation with Allison Epstein

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Who Killed the Rabbi's Wife: a conversation with Saul Golubcow

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2nd grader Mike learns his way around the American Playground: a conversation with Mike Shokrian

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Small Moments Made Large in Displaced Persons : a conversation with Joan Leegan

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Midwives' Escape: a conversation with Maggie Anton

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AJL Fiction Award Winners

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The Second Journey : an adventurous blend of Jewish & Chinese folklore and wisdom / a conversation with Joel Bigman

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Dangerous Golem? or Man of Her Dreams? A conversation about a Magical Meet Cute with Jean Meltzer

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When all else fails ... call the Magic Maker / a conversation with Mickey Dubrow

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Will living "With a Good Eye" bring Luna luck? a conversation with Gila Green

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How Many Secrets are Behind the Boy with the Star Tattoo / a conversation with Talia Carner

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The Main Character: a conversation with Jaclyn Goldis about secrets, lies, and murder!

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Jewish Emotional Support Books: a conversation with Heidi Rabinowitz and AJL conference attendees

26

Jackpot Summer! a conversation with Elyssa Friedlander

27

What Will be Found in the Cave of Secrets: a Conversation with Lynne Golodner

28

The Hebrew Teacher: three novellas by Mara Arad

29

Two Girls: One Lives in Manhattan, the Other in a Parable. A discussion about To and Fro with Leah Hager Cohen

30

RAS Award Winner: Early Jewish Cookbooks: Essays on Hungarian Jewish Gastronomical History

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Could we adjust Once We Were Home? a conversation with Jennifer Rosner

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Discovering the mysteries in Our Little Histories : a conversation with Janice Weizman

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Can a kid survive the turmoil of the 70s as well as his Bar Mitsvah? Adam Unrehearsed with Don Futterman

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New Translations of Yiddish Literature

35

The Last Jewish Daughter of Kaifeng : a conversation with graphic novelist Fabrice Sapolsky

36

Straddling Black & White: the travails of the Ethiopian Jews with author Kim Salzman

37

Irena Klepfisz discusses Her Birth and Later Years with guest host Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

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We are not Strangers: Friendship between the Jews & Japanese in WWII era Seattle, a conversation with Josh Tuininga

39

On the Run in a House with Chicken-feet: a discussion Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

40

Coming out in Florida ... Can love triumph? A discussion with Jacob Gelman about Butterflies in the Endzone

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What are the Shadows We Carry? A conversation with Meryl Ain

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Can this young Jewish Syrian woman find her way out of the Marriage Box? A conversation with Corie Adjmi

43

The Joys of Jewish sleepaway camp! Eric Glickman regales us with adventures a Camp Pock-a-Wockne

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Other Covenants, the ultimate "what ifs" of Jewish history and Jewish fan fiction

45

Speaking with AJL Fiction Award winner Omer Friedlander about the Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land

46

It's Always a Party with a Sephardi! from the Book of Life

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A Deathbed Confession reveals My Mother's Secret. A conversation with Alina Adams

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The Surprisingly Modern Voice of Yiddish Author Fradl Shtok : a conversation with translators Jordan Finkin and Allison Schachter

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Almost Parallel Lives: The Thread Collectors by Shaunna Edwards and Alyson Goldman

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Justice or Revenge? Can Shanna Tell Them Apart and Prevent Another Murder?

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Aviva Rosner is singing the Human Blues

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What can poison do in a Gallery of Beauties? a conversation with Nina Wachsman

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Finding your soul-mate, The Matchmaker's gift with Lynda Loigman

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How to Find Your Way in the Dark with Derek Miller

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A Play for the End of the World, by Jai Chakrabarti

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Love, Faith, and Talmud with Maggie Anton

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Preventing the Chernobyl meltdown? or saving her family? Atomic Anna with Rachel Barenbaum

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Just who is stalking whom in Bruce Berger's latest book?

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Talking about Peculiarities with David Liss

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Mirta Trupp and her persuasive Austen fan fiction

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Secrets with Rachel Beanland

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Interview with Talia Carner

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Mary Marks and Murder