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Biography

Essay

Anne Frank as Idea and Inspiration

Ruth Franklin
January 24, 2025
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Non­fic­tion
The Many Lives of Anne Frank
Ruth Franklin
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Chil­dren’s
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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Chil­dren’s
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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Chil­dren’s
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
Essay

Giant Love, Edna Fer­ber, and Her Jew­ish Convictions

Julie Gilbert
November 25, 2024
Jew­ish Book Month: Libraries & Bookstores
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Men­achem Mendel Schneer­son: Becom­ing the Messiah
Ezra Glin­ter
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When Cae­sar Was King: How Sid Cae­sar Rein­vent­ed Amer­i­can Comedy
David Mar­golick
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One Life: The True Sto­ry of Sir Nicholas Win­ton and the Prague Kindertransport
Bar­bara Winton
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Salinger’s Soul: His Per­son­al & Reli­gious Odyssey
Stephen B. Shepard
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