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    Rup­tured: Jew­ish Women in Aus­tralia Reflect on Life Post-Octo­ber 7
    Lee Kof­man
    Tamar Paluch
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    The Trai­tors Cir­cle: The True Sto­ry of a Secret Resis­tance Net­work in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them
    Jonathan Freed­land
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    Lola Lafon; Lauren Elkin, trans.
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    Jack Wertheimer
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    Andrea Strong­wa­ter
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    Michael Hober­man
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    Late Blos­soms
    Mer­av Fima
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    John Irv­ing

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    The Anato­my of Exile
    Zee­va Bukai
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    The Gates of Gaza: A Sto­ry of Betray­al, Sur­vival and Hope on Israel’s Borderlands
    Amir Tibon
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    Becom­ing Janet: Find­ing Myself in the Holocaust
    Janet Singer Applefield
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    Sabor Judío: The Jew­ish Mex­i­can Cookbook
    Ilan Sta­vans
    Mar­garet E. Boyle
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    Ben­jamin Resnick

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