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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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    Visu­al Arts
    Every­one Is Present
    Terry Kurgan
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    The Rebel­lion of the Daugh­ters: Jew­ish Women Run­aways in Hab­s­burg Galicia
    Rachel Manekin
    Essay—From the Journal

    Tri­na Schart Hyman: Remem­ber­ing the Icon­ic Illus­tra­tor of ​“Her­shel and the Hanukkah Goblins”

    Eric A. Kimmel
    November 30, 2020
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    Announc­ing the Natan Notable Books Fall 2020 Winner

    JBC Staff
    October 27, 2020
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    Jack Kir­by: The Epic Life of the King of Comics
    Tom Sci­oli
    Essay

    The Many Voy­ages of Uri Shulevitz

    Emi­ly Schneider
    October 12, 2020
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    Chil­dren’s
    Mar­vin
    Ian David Marsden
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    Balm in Gilead: A Sto­ry from the War
    John L. Withers II
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    Stan­ley Kubrick: Amer­i­can Filmmaker
    David Mikics
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    Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Nar­ra­tive, and Fate
    Daniel Mendel­sohn
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    ‘Touched with Fire’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with David E. Lowe

    Edward Shapiro
    September 7, 2020
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    Com­pet­ing With Idiots: Her­man and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait
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