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Daniel Genis

Daniel Genis is a writer, journalist, and ex-con living in Brooklyn with his wife. His memoir of a decade behind bars will be released by Penguin next year.

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    Behind Bars with the Black Israelites

    Most of the world learned about the extreme group after the Jersey City shooting. I met them as a Jew spending a decade in prison.

    byDaniel Genis
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    The Surprising Popularity of Kosher Food in Prison

    Seder plates and kosher meals are so popular behind bars some inmates convert just to get them

    byDaniel Genis
  • New Year tree, Moscow
    New Year tree, Moscow
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    A Soviet Jewish Front in the War on Christmas

    Russian Jews used Christmas trees as weapons to fight back against the Kremlin’s war on religion

    byDaniel Genis
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