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Biography

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Ethel Rosen­berg: An Amer­i­can Tragedy
Anne Seb­ba
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Unstop­pable: The Incred­i­ble Jour­ney of Sig­gi B. Wilzig, the Auschwitz Sur­vivor who Over­came All Odds and Became a Wall Street Legend
Joshua Greene
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The Lind­bergh Kid­nap­ping Sus­pect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away
Lise Pearl­man
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Dance as Cul­tur­al Exchange: Martha Gra­ham’s Legacy

Vic­to­ria Phillips
August 24, 2020
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The Art of the Jew­ish Fam­i­ly: A His­to­ry of Women in Ear­ly New York in Five Objects
Lau­ra Arnold Leibman
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Sid­ney Lumet: A Life
Mau­ra Spiegel
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The Impos­si­ble Life of Beate Siro­ta Gordon

Beate at Mills Col­lege, 1942

Jeff Gottes­feld
June 17, 2020
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Theodor Her­zl: The Charis­mat­ic Leader
Derek J. Penslar
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No Steps Behind: Beate Siro­ta Gordon’s Bat­tle for Women’s Rights in Japan
Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.)
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Excerpt: The Convert

Ste­fan Hertmans
April 28, 2020
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Mar­tin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent
Paul Mendes-Flohr
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Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous
Audrey Ades, Vivien Mildenberger (illus.)
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Albert Ein­stein and the Poet­ry of Real
Manuel Garcia Iglesias, Marwan Kahil (illus.)
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Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bad­er Ginsburg
Doreen Rappaport, Eric Velasquez (illus.)
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Par­rots, Pugs, and Pix­ie Dust: A Book About Fash­ion Design­er Judith Leiber
Deborah Blumenthal, Masha D’Yans (illus.)
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The Beau­ty of Things: A Family’s Fight for Sur­vival Dur­ing the Holocaust

Ari­ana Neumann
February 17, 2020
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