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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nu Review Re-Launch Reading Tuesday, October 13 at 6:30 At Torn Page, 435 W 22nd St Featuring: Charles Bernstein Cheryl J. Fish Hermine Meinhard Andrew Levy Adeena Karasick Elinor Nauen, host www.eventbrite.com/e/nu-review-...

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Nu Review Re-Launch Reading

The first reading from the only PRINT-ONLY monthly publishing poetry and prose on Jewish-ish themes.

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herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My poem “summer,” just published in @thenureview.bsky.social Thank you, Editor Jordan Davis! So happy to be part of this inspired journal. “summer” is from my book Nights Moving Through The House, forthcoming from @tupelopress.bsky.social.

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Saying it on Instagram, saying it here — hydrate hydrate hydrate

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Landing in mailboxes starting today

The Nu Review Vol 2 Issue 1 • Tishrei 5787

Cover; The biggest band aid in the world, Dede Bandaid, mixed media, Rabin Square Tel Aviv, 2018

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Nu Review mourns the loss of contributor Rachel Blau DuPlessis (1941-2026). Her poems “You” and “Manna Stories” appeared in Volume One Issue Seven. Baruch Dayan Ha’emet.

You
1. The finger, leaking blood
Is licked and swallowed back
Into the mammal of Me, not You.
Mouths and songs, and
It's like squinting
Into, living in, the moments Of nebula. Or folding and wobbling Quietly, where the tremendous Ur-dots entered
Not majesty, not over-view But dot to dot, and mite to mite And making troubles with their Shocking songs, blasts and blows.
And we can't explain it, what we do.
The excuse is, were just learning The "language" to talk of What we try and think we know.
But don't know who To be human are.
We bomb children under bridges.
We gun them in classrooms.
We starve them encircled by fencing.
Is this the we
That we must accede to?
Thus how to recite any ritual
Without revulsion is the question.
Then always someone is pointing and intoning
"Those are the enemy; destroy their trees and shrines!" Replying, "Huh! you're kidding"
Is apparently not
An adequate rejoinder.

2. And then You is You.
Here or not, hosting there-fore And where-fore.
We are Us, and crosswise hope That we can cope with a Residual You, the stupid You, and Survive "all this."
I think were expected to glorify You With praise.
Us? Why us?
Weve barely got resigned To our evident fungibility.
And You! I mean, aren't You
"a wind that passes and does not come again," And whatever could we know about that?
But suppose the You is posited
As agreed upon beginning:
Like those hills from whence We stumbled, embittered,
Into the shadow realm of despair,
At sickening water from denatured skies, and strange dust across denuded lands, While the wealthiest finger Money Wads In their purse-hoard, and assume Their Credit

Rachel Blau DuPlessis •
Manna Stories
1.
Called Floating Wefts-this weaving with a thread angled through differently
(crosswise) (lemon color of delight) (readiness).
This touch of resistance crosses against the looms and toils of necessity.
Another pleasure, like the bread of angels!
And we have eaten the bread of angels gathered as it falls, gently, in quiet clumps.
Blazing like sunsets, but edible.
Save extras for later. Or tomorrow.
That's for, in case it forgets. It might forget us.
So we shouldn't depend on ourselves. Yes? No?

2.
Floating Wefts release a yellow thread running sideways
across the gridded ladder of the pattern.
It's an aslant direction.
For us, the bread of angels!
It fell to us. For this,
grateful. We had been hungry, wandering, and endlessly stuck,
Swamp then desert. Not much of a choice.
So we folded the extras in our napkins.
Taking leftovers is all.
We do give thanks for the petit pains already fallen.
They are good, honey-flavored, trace of coriander. A bit unvaried, but no complaints.
Yet even when it falls, we worry.
We watch for tomorrow.
Will it, wont it, all about it.
Tcha tcha, tcha, gossip the stories.
Is it really forbidden to save some? Any?
One piece? Just two, maybe?
Even though we have also gorged on quail?

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The parashiot for Elul are Shoftim, Ki Teitzei, Ki Tavo, Nitzavim-Vayeilich — if you feel inspired to write something relating to any or all of those sections (or the haftara), send it by Tu B’Av to thenureviewofbooks at the Gmail.

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Thomas J. Kitson @thatiliazdguy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Drove up to Beacon today to see Matt Harle's current sculpture show. Closing will include music performance. mattharle.com/home.html

Poster for Matt Harle New Work Now, Opening: May 2, 5-8pm, Closing: June 6, 5-8pm, 1154 North Ave (Rt. 90), Beacon NY, (Formerly Mother Gallery). Black and white image shows detail, a tile-like, scored piece of clay, some knotted string.

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Got an email with the subject “Nu?” and I really better hurry up and figure out what my discretionary publishing budget for the rest of 5786 looks like

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Lux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 30/09/2025

As a Jew, seeing a giant flag with the word "nu" on it is hilarious

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Jewish Poetry Project of Ben Yehuda Press @jpoetryproject.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Just published: "The Broken Heart is the Master Key," the new poetry collection from Baruch November (@bnovember). Introduction by Alicia Ostriker. Available direct from Ben Yehuda Press and the usual places.

“God works through the fires in the collection, inviting us to reflect on our own spiritual journeys… these poems … are courageous and vulnerable, unlocking painful and uplifting truths.”
—Jewish Book Council

The broken heart is the master key,
said the Baal Shem Tov.

Despair is the loudest language
in all worlds.

Ask the mother of the stolen seven-year-old girl.
Ask the widowed wives still in love.
Ask the newly dead as they look down.
Ask the soldier missing both arms.

The broken heart is the master key,
said the Chassidic master
to the shofar blower who lost
his page of mystical notations
& thought he had failed his task—

having blasted notes
like a simple,
broken man.

I have been an inept architect.
I built for one who does not live
with the truth of others.
I built for starlight,
not shelter.
—Baruch November

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Another Rosh Chodesh is here — with a little luck, we’ll finally have a new Nu before the end of Tammuz — Chodesh tov…

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

We’re always looking for more work — if you have any poems on what we’ve been calling “Jewish-ish” themes, send them to thenureviewofbooks at gmail. And if you think of other people who might have work like that, point them our way.

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

We didn’t get a minyan before Rosh Chodesh; I’m looking into how much it would affect costs to have a double parsha for Nisan/Iyar…

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Jewish Poetry Project of Ben Yehuda Press @jpoetryproject.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

A thread of some of our poetry releases! from last year. For Jewish poetry month we have a buy two get one free sale on all our poetry volumes right now! Only till the end of the month! (Pictured: Jewish poet out walking to meet other Jewish poets. Probably, right? 1/6

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The new @thenureview.bsky.social arrived yesterday. I read it today. I read aloud from Catherine Gonick, When I imagine biting into a lemon, saliva starts up. When I try thinking as if I believe a benevolent God exists I feel a bit warmer ... My father-in-law answered, "Is it that simple?"

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Good book

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Happy Proust’s Favorite Book of the Bible Day

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Joshua Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 16/02/2025

נו?

text from Labzik--there is a huge illuminated letter nun נ and a dog is sitting on top of it as if he was a person, and next to that is a letter vav ו, so it just spells the yiddish word NU (basically "well? so?")

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

2 of my new years resolutions have not gotten off the ground yet. It's been a heck of a Jan-Feb so far. But I am still wanting to do them. Begin studying Hebrew Make myself some zines

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We are not close to a minyan yet. If you’ve been thinking about submitting, now is the time to send work to thenureviewofbooks at the gmail

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Gonna eat these up tonight

Pic of the front covers of issues for and five of the nu review

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Terman has two poems in Nu #5, by the way

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

If you have poems that might work for us email them to thenureviewofbooks at the gmail — periodicals are timebound, let’s do this

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Chodesh tov! Still getting a minyan together for Shvat…

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

My copy has arrived. I read it cover to cover while walking the dog. It is all wonderful. But, oh, Dana Levin.

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Issue five is almost here

Cover art by Nitzan Mintz — a light blue terry cloth bath sheet with white letters reading “The truth makes you sweat”

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

We haven’t worked out the kinks in a formal subscription model, but I think I have your address? I’ll put copies of issues 4 and 5 in the mail to you with a note.

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

With a little luck (and support from a few more sustainers) issue four will be in mailboxes by Chanukah

Archie Rand’s painting Devorah Judges Outdoors is on the cover of our Kislev issue — matar and all

Contents

Stuart Ross
Sharon Dolin
Nada Gordon
Baruch November
John Levy
Ruth Danon
Ruth Novaczek
Alex Dickow
Aharon Shabtai, tr. Peter Cole
Joshua Corey

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Joanna Fuhrman in the latest @thenureview.bsky.social I think it's the best so far, #3. And Fuhrman's piece is wonderful.

When I looked messy, my mother used to say I looked "like a gelcha." I always assumed gelcha was a Yiddish word, but years later I learned that Gelcha was the name of a schlubby guy who lived in my great-great-grandmother's village.

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We have had some unexpected delays but issue three *is* slowly filtering into the world, featuring a masterful essay by Jehanne Dubrow on the art of Michel Nedjar.

Image of Nedjar’s Poupée reprinted by kind permission of the artist.

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We have had some unexpected delays but issue three *is* slowly filtering into the world, featuring a masterful essay by Jehanne Dubrow on the art of Michel Nedjar.

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Jewish Poetry Project of Ben Yehuda Press @jpoetryproject.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

If you're in NYC on 12/10, check out this screening of the documentary BURNING OFF THE PAGE about the life and work of American Yiddish poet Celia Dropkin (1887-1956.) The film "celebrates her unabashed writing about the female body and sexual liberation." yivo.org/Burning-Off...

Burning Off the Page includes powerful dramatic readings, archival footage, historic recordings, and dazzling animations to bring Dropkin’s pioneering poems to life. Along with her descendants, filmmaker Eli Gorn interviews stars of the Jewish artistic world including writers, Yiddish translators, and musicians.

Join YIVO for the New York premiere of this documentary followed by a discussion with Gorn, professor Agnieszka Legutko and poet Edward Hirsch.

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Favorite sufganiyah? Tell us in the replies? 🙂🙄🍩

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The doctor has me avoiding Gombo’s, but I look forward to this separate time when I allow myself a lavish variety of fried dough options

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I started work in earnest on issue four today — Kislev is coming, which for me in the past has mainly meant סופגניה עת רצון

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Do you sometimes wonder why things happen the way they do, then see something extraordinary take place that otherwise would not have happened? We got an email I didn’t dream would come through. Holders of existing copies of issue three, you have collector’s items! Updated issue three to follow soon.

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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Finally! got all my books on shelves and fairly well organized. Had a bit of a panic when I could not find issue 1 of The Nu Review! It was not anywhere! But then I spied a little stack of chapbook sized items and there it was. !whew!

All my books (except my own chapbooks which are now in a box) organized on some cheap Ikea shelves. Looking for bigger sturdier bookcase, but I was real happy these all fit!

Cover of issue one of The Nu Review. A collector's item. Do NOT want to lose it!

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

It’s coming, just got to sell a little more hair

Contents
Stuart Ross
Joanna Fuhrman
Henry Israeli
Cathleen Cohen
Mitch Sisskind
Catherine Gonick
Jehanne Dubrow
Burt Kimmelman
Jordan Davis, featuring Yehoshua November
Books Received

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Here, as a treat — the cover of our much delayed Marcheshvan issue — painting by Archie Rand: Job’s Wife Sells Her Hair (2022)

Nu 3 - painting - red background - upper left corner, Job as an old sick man in bed, center of the picture is a woman with long blond hair sitting in A chair with a towel over her shoulder, a barber in red jacket behind her cutting her hair

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I haven’t even dared to suggest putting this account in a Starter Pack. But if you know somebody who might enjoy reading the magazine, tell me via direct message

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The Nu Review @thenureview.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Issue three has been delayed — but it’s almost ready… Marcheshvan! What are you going to do

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