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Ada Brun­stein

Ada Brun­stein is the Head of Ref­er­ence at a uni­ver­si­ty press.

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Amir D. Aczel
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Interview

Illu­mi­na­tion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Mark Podwal

Ada Brun­stein
January 25, 2021
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Emo­jis and Exo­dus: An Inter­view with Mar­tin Bodek

Ada Brun­stein
April 18, 2019
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An Inter­view with Nao­mi Alderman

by Ada Brun­steinNao­mi Alder­man was a final­ist for the 2007 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture and is a Sami Rohr Prize Lit­er­ary Insti­tute fel­low.…
Ada Brun­stein
May 3, 2013

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