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16 Shots, 13 Months!
On Thanksgiving morning when I entered a large grocery store in Wicker Park, Chicago, I was transported back to a ...
When White Rabbis Talk About Race
White rabbis are talking about race. Over the last few years, sermons about race and racial issues have come to ...
Lacking Knowledge
I have a confession to make: I know very little about the African-American experience.There. I’ve said it.Just over fourteen percent ...
Funny, You Don’t Book Jewish
Lois Leveen’s newest novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser, is now available. There’s a novel I first read years ago ...
Saying New Things About Old Historical Episodes
When I first anounced that I was writing a book about Ulysses S. Grant’s General Orders #11, the most notorious ...