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  • FICTION
    Havana, 1939
    byDavid Lehman
  • FICTION
    The St. Petersburg Traveling Circus
    byMaxim D. Shrayer
  • William C. Palmer (1906-87), 'Observation,' circa 1945
    William C. Palmer (1906-87), 'Observation,' circa 1945
    FICTION
    Danny’s War
    byJay Neugeboren
  • FICTION
    The Tunnel
    byDavid Samuels
  • FICTION
    The Rabbi
    byTzvi
  • FICTION
    A Very Young Dancer
    byJay Neugeboren
  • Sharon Ya’ari, 'Mosaic (double exposure at 90-degree turn),' 2013
    Sharon Ya’ari, 'Mosaic (double exposure at 90-degree turn),' 2013
    FICTION
    The Kid’s Demise

    Reflections on October 7th

    byOrian Morris
  • ‘It surprised me, to hear that she had still imagined her mother might change.’ Brett Weston (1911-93), ‘Building and Tree, New York,’ 1944
    ‘It surprised me, to hear that she had still imagined her mother might change.’ Brett Weston (1911-93), ‘Building and Tree, New York,’ 1944
    FICTION
    Into This Clearing

    Tablet Original Fiction

    byAndrew Eckholm
  • ‘Was she beautiful? No, she was not. Yet men were always falling in love with her.’
    ‘Was she beautiful? No, she was not. Yet men were always falling in love with her.’
    FICTION
    A Pond of Fish

    Tablet Original Fiction

    byLeslie Epstein
  • ‘I text all of my friends who have left the city, and they all say the same thing: You’ll soon be relieved’
    ‘I text all of my friends who have left the city, and they all say the same thing: You’ll soon be relieved’
    FICTION
    New York Is Over

    Tablet Original Fiction

    byHannah Lillith Assadi
  • FICTION
    A Lavender Marriage, 2019

    A story of painted portraits and meetings in the park

    byLeslie Epstein
  • FICTION
    The Yiddish Lesson

    A tale of dead languages and clean laundry

    byDalia Rosenfeld
  • FICTION
    Thanksgiving

    What if mushrooms could change the world?

    byElizabeth Bear
  • FICTION
    Libido Dominandi

    My father felt I owed him something that children can’t give to their parents—perfect understanding

    byEmily Adelsohn Corngold
  • Juul Kraijer, Untitled, 2013
    Juul Kraijer, Untitled, 2013
    FICTION
    A Child Has Died

    The rabbi prayed, but the mother sent him away

    byAnne Roiphe
  • FICTION
    1945

    With ticker tape parades in sight, a story of how the war still had a momentum of its own

    byJay Neugeboren
  • FICTION
    My Two Dads

    A story of forgiving, forgetting, and the best dry cleaning in Chicago

    byJoseph Epstein
  • FICTION
    Uncle

    Tablet Original Fiction: A spare room for a mysterious visitor who arrives years too late

    byJerome Charyn
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