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Autobiography & Memoir

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Rather Laugh Than Cry: Sto­ries From a Has­sidic Household
Malka Zipora
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The Com­man­dant
Rudolph Hoess; Jurg Amann, ed.; Ian Buruma aftwd.
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Farewell, Baby­lon: Com­ing of Age in Jew­ish Baghdad
Naim Kattan; Sheila Fischman, trans.
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The Hunger Artist: A Sub­ur­ban Childhood
Joanne Jacobson
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Hus­bandry: Sex, Love and Dirty Laun­dry: Inside the Minds of Mar­ried Men
Stephen Fried
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Four Girls From Berlin: A True Sto­ry of a Friend­ship That Defied The Holocaust
Marianne Meyerhoff
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The Road to Fati­ma Gate: The Beirut Spring, The Rise of Hezbol­lah and The Iran­ian War Against Israel
Michael J. Totten
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The Invis­i­ble Wall: A Love Sto­ry That Broke Barriers
Harry Bernstein
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Home is Where You Find It: A Memoir
Benjamin Hirsch
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Please Excuse My Daughter
Julie Klam
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The Jews of Silence: A Per­son­al Report on Sovi­et Jewry
Elie Wiesel
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Dough: A Memoir
Mort Zachter
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Broth­er­hood of Warriors
Aaron Cohen; Douglas Century
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Grow­ing Up At Grossinger’s
Tania Grossinger
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No Words to Say Goodbye
Raimonda Kopelnitsky and Kelli Pryor
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Hur­ry Down Sunshine
Michael Greenberg
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