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Helen Weiss Pincus

Award-win­ning jour­nal­ist and free­lance writer, Helen Weiss Pin­cus, has taught mem­oir writ­ing and cre­ative writ­ing through­out the NY Metro area to senior cit­i­zens and high school stu­dents. Her work has been pub­lished in The New York Times, The Record, The Jew­ish Stan­dard, and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. She recent­ly added ​“Bub­by” to her job description.

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The Boy Behind the Door: How Salomon Kool Escaped the Nazis
David Tabatsky
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Chil­dren’s
The Hanukkah Hunt
Laura Gehl; Olga Ivanov and Aleskey Ivanov, illus.
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The Unfin­ished Corner
Dani Colman; Rachel Petrovicz, illus. 
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Julie Anna Blank; Carlos Vélez Aguilera, illus.
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Heather Camlot; Sophie Casson, illus. 
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Susan Tar­cov
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Gloria Koster; Barbara Bongini, illus.
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Mighty Inside
Sundee T. Frazier
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Joel Edward Stein, Sara Ugolotti (Illustrator)
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My Fine Fel­low: A Deli­cious Entanglement
Jen­nieke Cohen
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Not So Fast, Max: A Rosh Hashanah Vis­it with Grandma
Annette Schottenfeld, Jennifer Kirkham (Illustrator)
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Judith L. Roth, Melanie Cataldo (illus.)
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Cather­ine Reef
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Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
Sarah Kapit
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The Ghost in Apart­ment 2R
Denis Markell

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