Contents AUTUMN 2025 | 5786 סָָתיו
Letter from the Editor .......... 17
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IN THE BEGINNING
55 Eating Our Feelings: New York–Style Pizza by COREY MINTZ CULTURE KLATSCH 59 Bookish: A Laughing Matter Jewish jokes in the age of humourlessness by PHOEBE MALTZ BOVY 68 Jewdar Forthcoming books, films, and other new releases of note 21 Jewish Geography 29 The Kibbitz: Moshe Safdie The prolific architect on Jewish aesthetics and the power of design to shape community by AVI FINEGOLD 36 On One Foot: Gossip If lashon hara is a sin, what do we do about Facebook? by AVI FINEGOLD
NEW YORK–STYLE PIZZA IS ALL ABOUT PERFECTING THE CRUST.
80 Comic On dating, conversion, and sharing tradition with new friends by MIRIAM LIBICKI ON THE COVER: Like the essay that anchors this issue, the many paths on the cover celebrate the idea that “there are countless ways of understanding, connecting to, and interpreting Jewishness.”
ILLUSTRATION BY MELANIE LAMBRICK
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