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Jostein Gaarder’s new book: Sophie’s World Without Jews<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jostein Gaarder’s new book: Sophie’s World Without Jews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-implicit","category-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-hd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17574,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-642-david-denby","url_meta":{"origin":1067,"position":0},"title":"Episode 642 – David Denby","author":"Gil","date":"June 9, 2025","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 642: David Denby \"What if Jews had freedom they never had before, and they had it in the United States?\" With his fantastic new book, EMINENT JEWS (Holt), writer and critic David Denby explores the impact on American culture of Jews Unbound through profiles of Leonard Bernstein,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/denby2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C706&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/denby2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C706&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/denby2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C706&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/denby2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C706&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/denby2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C706&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1043,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/between-the-lines","url_meta":{"origin":1067,"position":1},"title":"Between the lines","author":"Gil","date":"July 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"In case you're sitting around bored this weekend, here's an interview with a book designer who isn't Chip Kidd. 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