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Bar­bara M. Bibel

Bar­bara M. Bibel is a librar­i­an at the Oak­land Pub­lic Library in Oak­land, CA; and at Con­gre­ga­tion Netiv­ot Shalom, Berke­ley, CA.
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Daniel B. Syme
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Azriela Jaffe
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Interview

Inter­view: A. J. Sidransky

with Bar­bara M. BibelA. J. Sidransky’s nov­els For­giv­ing Máximo Roth­man and For­giv­ing Mariela Cama­cho com­bine his­to­ry and mys­tery to pro­vide read­ers with…
Bar­bara M. Bibel
March 15, 2016

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