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Current Issue
Articles
EXPOSÉ
THE DEAD BEAT CLUB
Ten things you don't know about the obit biz
BY STEPHEN MILLER
PERISH THE THOUGHT
HOW I WOULD LIKE TO DIE
Pointing to the bleachers like Babe Ruth before a home run, a writer prepares to shuffle off this mortal coil
BY ROSS MARTIN
ESSAY
ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
When your therapist dies, well, how does that make you feel?
BY DAVID RAKOFF
MEMOIR
THE COLOR OF MONDAY
What happens when a picture is not worth a thousand words?
BY HILLARY FRANK
OBITUARY
ESSAY
A MYSTIC AT HEART
Marriage, birth, and death test the limits of faith
BY MINNA PROCTOR
FICTION
OBITUARY
REFLECTION
HERRING IN HEAVEN
Everyone knows about heaven and hell — but what do Jews think about the afterlife?
BY NATHANIEL DEUTSCH
ESSAY
WHO IS THE HEBREW GIRL MURDERER OF EAST NEW YORK?
CSI 1870s-style — the tabloid sensation of Pesach Rubenstein, America's first Jewish slasher
BY EDDY PORTNOY
ESSAY
HOW COULD SHE?
Reflections on my grandmother, the murderer
BY JESSICA LAMB-SHAPIRO
OBITUARY
ESSAY
POP 'EM IN YIDDISH
The subterranean world of Jewish pulp fiction
BY ALYSSA QUINT AND ERIC GOLDSTEIN
MEMOIR
MURDER FROM ROGERS PARK
Perpetrators, victims, bystanders on Chicago's north side
BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT
EXPLOR-
ATION
ESSAY
ARCHIVE
GHOST WORLD
A selection of graveside portrait photography from the
YIVO archives BY JESSE AARON COHEN
OBITUARY
ESSAY
DYING FOR THE STORY
Shot at by rebels. Threatened by drug lords. Why do journalists risk their lives?
BY JOEL SIMON
BURIED TREASURE
THE TIME CAPSULE
A potted history of beauty and self-importance
BY ELI EVANS
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