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A terrifying and claustrophobic queer dark academia horror set in a demon–infested archive about trauma, grief, and the lengths we will go to for love. GUILT. GRIEF. OBSESSION. Michael Stein arrives at the Schechter Institute for Judaic Studies battered and broken, blaming himself for the...

In 1962, opportunities are typically few for nice Jewish girls clacking away at ninety words per minute in a newspaper typing pool. Except Judy Greenberg isn’t typical. An aspiring reporter in DC, she’s aiming for journalistic greatness—not finding a husband. Just don’t tell her mother. Then one day she answers her boss’s private line. The message is curiously cryptic. It’s also delivered in a Russian accent. Judy is certain she has stumbled upon a scoop.

A stunning coming-of-age tale, Bread Givers is a profoundly moving depiction of the Jewish–American experience in the early twentieth century. Set in New York's Lower East Side, Bread Givers recounts the early life of Sara Smolinsky and her complicated family, who have immigrated from Poland. Her father, an Orthodox Jew, has committed himself to studying the Torah, refusing to contribute to the family household's income in pursuit of his loftier endeavors. At first, Sara remains dutiful, selling herring on Hester Street to help pay rent.