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    Cover of The Power of a Tale:  Stories from the Israel Folklore Archives
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    Haya Bar-Itzhak and Idit Pintel-Ginsberg (eds.)
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    No Vacan­cy
    Tzi­po­rah Cohen
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    Simona Zaret­sky
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    Leah Fran­qui
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    Esty G. Hayim, Sarah Fried­man
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    Leav­ing the Low­er East Side

    Jonathan Boyarin
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    Matthew Baigell
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    Ben­jamin Gol­uboff and Mark Luebbers
    September 21, 2020
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    Cather­ine Fletcher
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