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May 16, 2023

“The Conversion of the Jews”

A new story tells of a young scholar’s investigation into a notorious apostate.

Set in 1933, Cynthia Ozick’s newest short story tells of an ambitious young philologist named Solomon Adelberg, and his quest to uncover the secrets of a notorious Jewish apostate. Most of the action takes place in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, but the story begins at a remote monastery in Mandatory Palestine:

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