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    Deb­o­rah Miller

    Orig­i­nal­ly from Toron­to, Cana­da, Rab­bi Deb­o­rah Miller has been a devot­ed Jew­ish book lover ever since she first read Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sab­bath Can­dle­sticks by Amy Schwartz. Now liv­ing on Long Island with her hus­band and daugh­ter, she con­tin­ues to be an avid read­er and advo­cate for Jew­ish voic­es across all gen­res. ​“You must build your life as if it were a work of art,” said Abra­ham Joshua Heschel.
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    Shelly Sanders
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    Dani­la Botha
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    Elliot N. Dorff
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    Anais Granofsky
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