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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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    Rober­ta Rosen­thal Kwall
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    Craig Darch
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    Sarah Hur­witz
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    Beth Rica­nati
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    Ariel Burg­er
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    Life Falls Apart But You Don’t Have To: Mind­ful Meth­ods for Stay­ing Calm in the Midst of Chaos
    Julie Potik­er
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    This Nar­row Space: A Pedi­atric Oncol­o­gist, His Jew­ish, Mus­lim, and Chris­t­ian Patients, and a Hos­pi­tal in Jerusalem
    Elisha Wald­man
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    Dahlia Abraham-Klein
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    Rabbi Rebecca Einstein Schorr and Rabbi Alysa Mendelson Graf, eds.
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    Sher­ri Mandell
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    Thresh­olds: How to Thrive through Life’s Tran­si­tions to Live a Fear­less­ly and Regret-Free Life
    Sherre Hirsch
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    Michal Lem­berg­er
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    Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.

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