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Esther Schor

Esther Schor, a poet and professor of English at Princeton University, won the National Jewish Book Award forEmma Lazarus. Her poems include The Hills of Holland and Strange Nursery: New and Selected Poems, and the memoirMy Last JDate.

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    My Father, the Adept

    Losing the man I worshipped as a girl

    byEsther Schor
  • Photo: Jamie Vesay(Columbia Tristar Pictures)
    Photo: Jamie Vesay(Columbia Tristar Pictures)
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    Kafka’s Ring-Bearer Haunts Barry Levinson’s ‘Avalon’ at 25

    The underappreciated, intimate family saga is as much about Jewishness as it is an American story—but which Jewishness?

    byEsther Schor
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    My Last JDate, Part 2

    A three-part story about love, loss, and all the music in between

    byEsther Schor
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    My Last JDate, Part 3

    A three-part story about love, loss, and all the music in between

    byEsther Schor
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    My Last JDate

    A three-part story about love, loss, and all the music in between

    byEsther Schor
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    Elijah’s Plate

    Facing my first Christmas alone in decades and volunteering at a nearby soup kitchen, I discovered an unexpected and enveloping community

    byEsther Schor
  • THE KINSEY SICKS (l-r: Trixie, Winnie, Rachel and Trampolina)(Maurice Molyneaux)
    THE KINSEY SICKS (l-r: Trixie, Winnie, Rachel and Trampolina)(Maurice Molyneaux)
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    Girls Gotta Sing

    And wear awesome wigs

    byEsther Schor
  • Herod's hot baths of Callirhoe, circa 1930.(Library of Congress)
    Herod's hot baths of Callirhoe, circa 1930.(Library of Congress)
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    In a Loop

    Starting the Torah cycle anew and reckoning with Moses’ unfulfilled desire to reach the promised land

    byEsther Schor
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    (iStockphoto)
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    School Boy

    A son goes off to college, and a mother is left behind

    byEsther Schor
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