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100 Objects from the Col­lec­tions of the YIVO Insti­tute for Jew­ish Research
Stefanie Halpern
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Hel­lo (And Good­bye) To All That: A Mem­oir of a Chang­ing New York in the 21st Century
Jonathan Lieb­son
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Four Red Sweaters: Pow­er­ful True Sto­ries of Women and the Holocaust
Lucy Adling­ton
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Franz Boas: In Praise of Open Minds
Noga Arikha
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The Court­yard: A Memoir
Ben­jamin Parket
Alexa Mor­ris
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Iosi, the Remorse­ful Spy
Miriam Lewin and Horacio Lutzky; Frances Riddle, trans.
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Sis­ters of Fortune
Esther Chehe­bar
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Hunt­ing in America
Tehi­la Haki­mi; Joan­na Chen, trans. 
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The Boys in the Light: An Extra­or­di­nary World War II Sto­ry of Sur­vival, Faith, and Brotherhood
Nina Will­ner

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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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Next Stop
Ben­jamin Resnick

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