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    Biography

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    Two Sis­ters: Betray­al, Love, and Resis­tance in Wartime France
    Rosie White­house
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    A Mitz­vah for George Washington
    Rachelle Burk; Chiara Fedele, illus.
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    Abzug­lute­ly!: Bat­tling, Bel­low­ing Bel­la Abzug
    Sarah Aronson; Andrea D'Aquino, illus.
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    Louis B. May­er and Irv­ing Thal­berg: The Whole Equation
    Ken­neth Turan
    Cover of Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History
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    Sis­ters in Sci­ence: How Four Women Physi­cists Escaped Nazi Ger­many and Made Sci­en­tif­ic History 
    Olivia Camp­bell
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    Anne Frank as Idea and Inspiration

    Ruth Franklin
    January 24, 2025
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    The Many Lives of Anne Frank
    Ruth Franklin
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    Chutz­pah Girls: 100 Tales of Dar­ing Jew­ish Women
    Julie Sil­ver­stein
    Tami Schloss­berg Pruwer
    Essay

    A Jew in the Street and a Man in Your Tent?: Rab­bini­cal Dress in Vien­na at the Fin de Siècle

    Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum
    January 6, 2025
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    Twist, Tum­ble, Tri­umph: The Sto­ry of Cham­pi­on Gym­nast Agnes Kelet
    Deb­o­rah Bod­in Cohen
    Ker­ry Olitzky
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    The Piano Play­er of Budapest: A True Sto­ry of Sur­vival, Hope, and Music
    Rox­anne de Bastion 
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    Bar­bra Streisand: A Lit­tle Gold­en Book Biography
    Judy Katschke; Brenna Vaughan, illus.
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    Fam­i­ly Romance: John Singer Sar­gent and the Wertheimers
    Jean Strouse
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    Ira Gersh­win: A Life in Words
    Michael Owen
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    Only in Amer­i­ca: Al Jol­son and The Jazz Singer
    Richard Bern­stein
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    Giant Love, Edna Fer­ber, and Her Jew­ish Convictions

    Julie Gilbert
    November 25, 2024
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