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    Maron L. Waxman

    Maron L. Wax­man, retired edi­to­r­i­al direc­tor, spe­cial projects, at the Amer­i­can Muse­um of Nat­ur­al His­to­ry, was also an edi­to­r­i­al direc­tor at Harper­Collins and Book-of-the-Month Club.

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    My Peo­ple’s Passover Hag­gadah: Tra­di­tion­al Texts, Mod­ern Com­men­taries Vol­ume 1
    Lawrence A. Hoffman and David Arnow, eds.
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    Harold S. Kushner
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    Helen Nash
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    Seder Sto­ries: Passover Thoughts on Food, Fam­i­ly, and Freedom
    Nancy Rips
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    The JPS Com­men­tary on the Hag­gadah: His­tor­i­cal Intro­duc­tion, Trans­la­tion, and Commentary
    Joseph Tabory; David Stern, fwd.
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    Richard Codor­’s Joy­ous Hag­gadah: The Illu­mi­nat­ed Passover Story
    Richard and Liora Codor
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    A Night to Remem­ber: The Hag­gadah of Con­tem­po­rary Voices
    Mishael Zion and Noam Zion; Michel Kichka, illus.
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    Men­achem Begin: A Life
    Avi Shilon; Danielle Zilberberg and Yoram Sharett, trans.
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    300 Ways to Ask the Four Ques­tions: From Zulu to Abkhaz
    Murray Spiegel and Rickey Stein
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    Jeremy Leigh
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    Marge Piercy
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    Catherine Madsen
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    Interview

    Recipes and Rem­i­nisc­ing: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Joan Nathan

    Maron L. Waxman
    April 25, 2024
    Essay

    Passover 5780/2020 Hag­gadah Roundup

    Maron L. Waxman
    March 30, 2020
    Essay

    Ita­mar Rabi­novich: A Pro­file of the Author of a New Rabin Biography

    Maron L. Waxman
    July 10, 2017
    Interview

    Inter­view: Dina Gold

    with Maron L. WaxmanAmid its account of the legal bat­tle to recov­er own­er­ship — or at least the recog­ni­tion of own­er­ship — of the build­ing at Krausen­strasse…
    Maron L. Waxman
    March 22, 2016
    Essay

    New Ves­sel Press: Great Books in New Vessels

    by Maron L. WaxmanShort­ly after the launch of their first list, I talked with Michael Wise and Ross Ufberg about their new pub­lish­ing company…New Ves­sel Press, Michael…
    Maron L. Waxman
    October 15, 2013
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    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIn hon­or of David Gross­man mak­ing Amazon’s top ten this year, and with the win­ter issue going in the mail next, we thought we’d offer…
    Maron L. Waxman
    November 5, 2010

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