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    Arti­fi­cial: A Love Story
    Amy Kurzweil
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    The Jew­ish Under­ground of Samarkand: How Faith Defied Sovi­et Rule
    Hil­lel Zaltzman
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    As Figs in Autumn: One Year in a For­ev­er War
    Ben Bas­tom­s­ki
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    Dwell Time: A Mem­oir of Art, Exile, and Repair
    Rosa Lowinger
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    Return­ing to Cuba: Art Con­ser­va­tion and Fam­i­ly History

    Rosa Lowinger
    October 9, 2023
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    The Box with the Sun­flower Clasp
    Rachel Meller
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    The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lako­ta, and an Amer­i­can Inheritance
    Rebec­ca Clarren
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    The Bal­le­ri­na of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edi­tion of The Choice
    Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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    Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stal­in, and the Mirac­u­lous Sur­vival of My Family
    Daniel Finkel­stein
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    Strangers to Our­selves: Unset­tled Minds and the Sto­ries That Make Us
    Rachel Aviv
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    From the West to the East: A Mem­oir of a Lib­er­al Amer­i­can Rabbi
    John L. Rosove
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    Love Let­ter From Pig: My Broth­er’s Sto­ry of Free­dom Summer
    Julie Kabat
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    Diary of a Dying Girl
    Mal­lo­ry Smith
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    Insti­ga­tor of Joy: Becom­ing my own fairy godmother
    Nan­cy C. Illman
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    The Inher­i­tance (Yurusha): An Autobiography
    Israel Rosen Edited by Elliot Rosen
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    Good Work, Grit & Grat­i­tude: The Bit­ter­sweet Lessons of the Lemon­ade Generation
    Adri­an Dubow
    Lau­ra Koffsky
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