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    Month­ly Picks

    Each month we rec­om­mend one fic­tion and one non­fic­tion book for book clubs. Check back for new selec­tions, and browse past picks to find your next read.

    July 2019

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    We Were Strangers Once
    Bet­sy Carter
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    Non­fic­tion
    Res­cue Board: The Untold Sto­ry of Amer­i­ca’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
    Rebec­ca Erbelding

    June 2019

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    Fic­tion
    Immi­grant City: And Oth­er Stories
    David Bez­mozgis
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    The Last Palace: Europe’s Tur­bu­lent Cen­tu­ry Through Five Lives and One House
    Nor­man Eisen

    May 2019

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    Fic­tion
    The Fal­con­er
    Dana Czap­nik
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    Inher­i­tance: A Mem­oir of Geneal­o­gy, Pater­ni­ty, and Love
    Dani Shapiro

    April 2019

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    Fic­tion
    kad​dish​.com
    Nathan Eng­lan­der
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    Hitler’s Pawn: The Boy Assas­sin and the Holocaust
    Stephen Koch

    March 2019

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    The Last Watch­man of Old Cairo
    Michael David Lukas
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    Spies of No Coun­try: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
    Mat­ti Fried­man Win­ner of the 2018 Natan Book Award 
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