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    If You Liked Heat­ed Rival­ry, You’ll Love These Books

    Rival­ries, hock­ey, Rus­sia, queer love, for­bid­den love, mul­ti­cul­tur­al fam­i­lies, and the pres­sure to excel … Jew­ish books have it all! If you liked Heat­ed Rival­ry, you’ll love these picks.

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