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Jew­ish His­tor­i­cal Fiction

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Fiction
The Hired Girl
Laura Amy Schlitz
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Fiction
The Innocents
Francesca Segal
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Fiction
House of Gold
Natasha Solomons
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Fiction
The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons
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Fiction
The Newcomers
Lily Poritz Miller
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Fiction
The Linen Queen
Patricia Falvey
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Fiction
Marry Me By Midnight
Felicia Grossman
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Fiction
The Phoenix Bride
Natasha Siegel
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Fiction
My Fine Fellow: A Delicious Entanglement
Jennieke Cohen
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Fiction
The Innocents
Caroline Seebohm
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Fiction
Love by the Morning Star
Laura L. Sullivan
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Fiction
The Winthrop Agreement
Alice Simpson
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Fiction
The Weight of Ink
Rachel Kadish
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Fiction
The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel
Helene Wecker
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Fiction
The Last Rose of Shanghai
Weina Dai Randel
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Fiction
Henna House
Nomi Eve
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Fiction
Miss Burma
Charmaine Craig
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Fiction
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo
Michael David Lukas
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Fiction
All Other Nights
Dara Horn
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