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Eccle­si­astes and the Search for Meaning
Eri­ca Brown
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Ellie’s Deli: Wish­ing on Mat­zo Ball Soup!
Lisa Greenwald; Galia Bernstein, illus.
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The Wolf Hunt
Ayelet Gun­dar-Goshen
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Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon
Robert Alter
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Mor­gen­thau: Pow­er, Priv­i­lege, and the Rise of an Amer­i­can Dynasty
Andrew Meier
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The Blood Years
Elana K. Arnold
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Defend­er of the Faith­ful: The Life and Thought of Rab­bi Levi Yit­shak of Berdychiv
Arthur Green
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Bet­ty Friedan: Mag­nif­i­cent Disrupter
Rachel Shteir
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The Mov­ing-Box Sukkah
Leah Rachel Berkowitz; Sharon Vargo, illus.

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The Night Travelers
Arman­do Lucas Correa
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Feed­ing Women of the Tal­mud, Feed­ing Ourselves
Kenden Alfond
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The Life and Crimes of Hood­ie Rosen
Isaac Blum
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Shan­da: A Mem­oir of Shame and Secrecy
Let­ty Cot­tin Pogrebin
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My Moth­er’s Secret: A Nov­el of the Jew­ish Autonomous Region
Ali­na Adams

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