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    Nathan’s Song
    Leda Schubert, Maya Ish-Shalom (Illustrator)
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    ‘Invis­i­ble Years’: Piec­ing Togeth­er My Fam­i­ly’s Sto­ry of Survival

    Daphne Geis­mar
    August 2, 2021
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    Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Sci­en­tist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World 
    Dean Robbins, Mike Dutton (Illustrator)
    Interview

    ‘Exiled in Par­adise’: A Con­ver­sa­tion between Alex­is Lan­dau and Don­na Rifkind

    Alex­is Landau, Don­na Rifkind
    July 21, 2021
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    Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the Amer­i­can Dream 
    Michael Shnayerson
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    Mike Nichols: A Life
    Mark Harris
    Essay

    Amer­i­ca’s First Jew­ish Astronaut

    Kevin Cook
    June 28, 2021
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    From Sarah to Syd­ney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family
    June Cummins, Alexandra Dunietz
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    The Dar­ing Life and Dan­ger­ous Times of Eve Adams
    Jonathan Ned Katz
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    My Lit­tle Gold­en Book About Ruth Bad­er Ginsburg
    Shana Corey, Margeaux Lucas (Illustrator)
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    Leonard Cohen, Untold Sto­ries: The Ear­ly Years
    Michael Pos­ner
    Poetry

    Ak-mechet

    David Osachy
    June 7, 2021
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    The Peo­ple’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Jus­tice With Art
    Cynthia Levinson, Evan Turk (Illustrator)
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    Natan Sha­ran­sky: Free­dom Fight­er for Sovi­et Jews
    Blake Hoena, Daniele Dickmann (Ilustrator)
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    Rav­en­ous: Otto War­burg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Can­cer-Diet Connection
    Sam Apple
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    Out of Hid­ing: A Holo­caust Survivor’s Jour­ney to America
    Ruth Gruener
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