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    The Light of Days: The Untold Sto­ry of Women Resis­tance Fight­ers in Hitler’s Ghettos
    Judy Batal­ion
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    ‘A Most Unlike­ly Secret Agent’: The Sto­ry of Noor Inay­at Khan

    Arthur J. Magida
    March 15, 2021
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    Emmy Noe­ther: The Most Impor­tant Math­e­mati­cian You’ve Nev­er Heard Of
    Helaine Becker, Kari Rust (illus.)
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    From Left to Right: Lucy S. Daw­id­ow­icz, the New York Intel­lec­tu­als, and the Pol­i­tics of Jew­ish History
    Nan­cy Sinkoff
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    I Am Anne Frank
    Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos (illus.)
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    The Unan­swered Let­ter: One Holo­caust Fam­i­ly’s Des­per­ate Plea for Help
    Faris Cas­sell
    Cover of Doña Gracia's Secret: The Adventures of an Extraordinary Jewish Woman in the Renaissance
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    Doña Gra­ci­a’s Secret: The Adven­tures of an Extra­or­di­nary Jew­ish Woman in the Renaissance
    Mar­i­lyn Froggatt
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    Judy Led the Way
    Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, Margeaux Lucas (illus.)
    Cover of Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World’s First Super Star
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    Sarah Bern­hardt: The Divine and Daz­zling Life of the World’s First Super Star
    Cather­ine Reef
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    Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin
    Tracy Newman, Abigail Halpin (illus.)
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    Hou­di­ni: The Elu­sive American
    Adam Beg­ley
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    The Lady with the Books: A Sto­ry Inspired by the Remark­able Work of Jel­la Lepman
    Kathy Stinson, Marie Lafrance (illus.)
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    Every­one Is Present
    Terry Kurgan
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    The Rebel­lion of the Daugh­ters: Jew­ish Women Run­aways in Hab­s­burg Galicia
    Rachel Manekin
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    Tri­na Schart Hyman: Remem­ber­ing the Icon­ic Illus­tra­tor of ​“Her­shel and the Hanukkah Goblins”

    Eric A. Kimmel
    November 30, 2020
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