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Bar­bara S. Cohen

Bar­bara S. Cohen is a tri­al attor­ney in Los Ange­les who spe­cial­izes in child abuse cas­es. She is a mem­ber of NAMI and a sup­port­er of NARSAD, and is an advo­cate for those who suf­fer from men­tal illness.
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Read­ing Char­lotte Salomon
Michael P. Steinberg; Monica Bohm-Duchen, eds.
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Life, Death and Bialys: A Father/​Son Bak­ing Story
Dylan Schaffer
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You Made Me Love You
Joanna Goodman
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Hid­den
Victoria Lustbader
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My Own Vine­yard: A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in Krakow Between the Wars
Miriam Akavia
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Ter­ror in Black Sep­tem­ber: The First Eye­wit­ness Account of the Infa­mous 1970 Hijackings
David Raab
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Alfred Kazin: A Biography
Richard Cook
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Jour­neys to a Jew­ish Life: Inspir­ing Sto­ries from the Spir­i­tu­al Jour­neys of Amer­i­can Jews
Paula Amann
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The Hunger Artist: A Sub­ur­ban Childhood
Joanne Jacobson
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Sec­ond Language
Ron­na Wineberg
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Chi­na Doll: A Novel
Talia Carn­er
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Jerusalem Diaries II: What’s Real­ly Hap­pen­ing in Israel
Judy Lash Balint
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Over­com­ing Life’s Disappointments
Harold S. Kushner
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Our Holo­caust
Amir Gutfreund; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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The Killing Trap: Geno­cide in the 20th Century
Manus L. Midlarsky

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