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    ‘The Secret Was Me’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Dani Shapiro and T Kira Madden

    Bec­ca Kantor
    January 28, 2020
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    The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine
    Yousef Bashir
    Cover of Friendly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Enemy and the Hope for Its Future
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    Friend­ly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Ene­my and the Hope for Its Future
    Ami Ayalon
    Cover of What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation
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    What We Will Become: A Moth­er, a Son, and a Jour­ney of Transformation
    Mimi Lemay
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    Non­fic­tion
    Becom­ing Eve 
    Abby Stein
    Cover of Savage Feast: Three Generations, Two Continents, and a Dinner Table (a Memoir with Recipes)
    Non­fic­tion
    Sav­age Feast: Three Gen­er­a­tions, Two Con­ti­nents, and a Din­ner Table (a Mem­oir with Recipes)
    Boris Fish­man
    Essay

    Writ­ing Your Reli­gion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sarah Hurwitz

    Deb­o­rah Miller
    December 16, 2019
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    Sing This at My Funer­al: A Mem­oir of Fathers and Sons
    David Sluc­ki
    Essay

    The For­tu­nate Foàs of Sabbioneta

    Eleanor Foa
    November 4, 2019
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    The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah
    Adam Valen Levinson
    Excerpt

    Excerpt: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    Lori Got­tlieb
    October 7, 2019
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    Fic­tion
    Cosel­la Wayne
    Jonathan D. Sarna,Cora Wilburn
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    Braid­ed: A Jour­ney of A Thou­sand Challahs
    Beth Rica­nati
    Essay

    Let­ters at the Nar­row Waist of the World

    Mar­lena Maduro Baraf
    September 16, 2019
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    Me, My Self­ie & Eye: A Midlife Con­ver­sa­tion About Lost Iden­ti­ty, Grief, and See­ing Who You Are
    Jan­na Lopez
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    The Water­gate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Jus­tice Against a Crim­i­nal President
    Jill Wine-Banks
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