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    Nao­mi Tropp

    Nao­mi Tropp recent­ly retired after a long career in non­prof­it man­age­ment. She worked on the Ann Katz Fes­ti­val of Books at the Indi­anapo­lis JCC for 9 of its twelve years and direct­ed the fes­ti­val for three of those years.
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    The Ambas­sador
    Yehuda Avner and Matt Rees
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    Mishka Ben-David; Evan Fallenberg, trans.
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    A Pos­si­bil­i­ty of Violence
    D. A. Mishani; Todd Hasak-Lowy, trans.
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    Liel Lei­bovitz
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    Juliana Maio
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    Leonard Rosen
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    Alan Light
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    Han­nah S. Hess
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    D. A. Mishani; Steven Cohen, trans.
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    Sylvie Simmons
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    Peter Leonard
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    Michael Blaine
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    Vilmos Kodor
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