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Autobiography & Memoir

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One of These Things First
Steven Gaines
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The Num­ber on Her Arm
Author: Courtney TischIllustrator: Joshua Fine
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All Set For Black, Thanks
Miri­am Weinstein
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Life Begins at 60
Frie­da Birnbaum
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Bev­er­ly Hills Con­cen­tra­tion Camp
Ran­di Maggid
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After One-Hun­dred-and-Twen­ty: Reflect­ing on Death, Mourn­ing, and the After­life in the Jew­ish Tradition
Hillel Halkin
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Moth­er, Can You Not?
Kate Siegel
Kim Fried­man
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Non­fic­tion
Don’t Think Twice
Bar­bara Schoichet
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Chas­ing Portraits
Eliz­a­beth Rynecki
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Land of Enchantment
Leigh Stein
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Fly­ing Couch
Amy Kurzweil
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Treyf
Elis­sa Altman
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A Land Twice Promised
Noa Baum
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The Oppo­site of Comfortable
Sharon Nir
Essay

Beau­ti­ful Because It Sim­ply Is

Bar­bara Kreiger is the author of The Dead Sea and the Jor­dan Riv­er, a chron­i­cle of the nat­ur­al and human his­to­ry of two of the Mid­dle East’s most icon­ic bod­ies…
Bar­bara Kreiger
April 27, 2016
Essay

Dis­cov­er­ing the Dead Sea from a Dif­fer­ent, Not-So-Dis­tant Shore

Bar­bara Kreiger is the author of The Dead Sea and the Jor­dan Riv­er, a chron­i­cle of the nat­ur­al and human his­to­ry of two of the Mid­dle East’s most icon­ic bod­ies…
Bar­bara Kreiger
April 25, 2016
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