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Biography

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Andrea Dworkin: The Fem­i­nist as Revolutionary
Martin Duberman
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Visu­al Arts
Fac­ing Survival
David Kas­san
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Visu­al Arts
Judith Kerr: The Illustrators 
Joan­na Carey
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A State at Any Cost
Tom Segev
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The Speed of Thought: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Maria Tumarkin

Dalia Wolf­son
December 9, 2019
From the Journal

Beyond the Shad­ows: The Holo­caust and the Dan­ish Exception

Judy Glick­man Lauder, Elie Wiesel , Michael Beren­baum, Judith S. Goldstein 
December 9, 2019
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Dutch Girl: Audrey Hep­burn and World War II
Robert Matzen (auth.), Luca Doti (foreward)
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Elie Wiesel: An Extra­or­di­nary Life and Legacy
Nadine Epstein
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Union Made: Labor Leader Samuel Gom­pers and his Fight for Work­ers’ Rights
Nor­man H. Finkelstein
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The Book Res­cuer: How a Men­sch from Mass­a­chu­setts Saved Yid­dish Lit­er­a­ture for Gen­er­a­tions to Come
Sue Macy (auth.), Stacy Innerst (illus.) 
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Los­ing Our Reli­gion: Find­ing Kin­ship with Peg­gy Guggenheim

Court­ney Maum
October 7, 2019
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The Book of Sarah
Sarah Light­man
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Son­tag: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ben­jamin Moser

Bob Gold­farb
September 23, 2019
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Karl Marx: Phi­los­o­phy and Revolution
Shlo­mo Avineri
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Dri­ving to Tre­blin­ka: A Long Search for a Lost Father
Diana Wich­tel
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Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occu­pied Paris
Arthur J. Magida
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