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Shi­ra R. London

Shi­ra R. Lon­don is the librar­i­an at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Com­mu­ni­ty High School in Bal­ti­more, MD. She holds an M.L.S. from Colum­bia University.
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Last Sum­mer at the Gold­en Hotel
Elyssa Fried­land
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Faster: How a Jew­ish Dri­ver, an Amer­i­can Heiress, and a Leg­endary Car Beat Hitler’s Best
Neal Bas­comb
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Fic­tion
Anoth­er Side of Par­adise: A Novel
Sal­ly Koslow
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A Bend in the Stars: A Novel
Rachel Baren­baum
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The Last Col­lec­tion: A Nov­el of Elsa Schi­a­par­el­li and Coco Chanel
Jeanne Mackin
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The Song of the Jade Lily
Kirsty Man­ning
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Gate­way to the Moon: A Novel
Mary Mor­ris
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Theo: An Autobiography
Theodore Bikel
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The Tai­lors of Tomaszow
Allan Cher­noff
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Steven Press­man
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Amelia Glaser; David Weintraub, eds.
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Brenda Serotte
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André Schiffrin
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Out of the Depths & Oth­er Stories
Yosef Haim Brenner; David Patterson and Ezra Spicehandler, trans.
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Betray­ing Spin­oza: The Rene­gade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
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