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70th Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards Celebration

Monday, April 12, 2021
7–8:30pm

Vir­tu­al

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Excerpt: Esther in America

Stu Halpern
February 22, 2021
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Her Hid­den Struggle

Gabrielle Leon Spatt, The Blue Dove Foundation
February 22, 2021
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Excerpt: Eat Something

Rachel Levin
February 18, 2021

Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, found­ed in 1944, is the longest-run­ning orga­ni­za­tion devot­ed exclu­sive­ly to the sup­port and cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish literature.

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