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Nonfiction The Master of the Ladder: The Life and Teachings of Rabbi Yehudah Leib Ashlag Yedidah Cohen
Nonfiction In the Cauldron: Terror, Tension, and the American Ambassador’s Struggle to Avoid Pearl Harbor Lew Paper
Children’s Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop Tamar Meir (author), Yael Albert (illus.), Noga Applebaum (trans.)
Children’s The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero Amalia Hoffman; Chiara Fedele, illus.
Children’s Defying the Nazis: The Life of German Officer Wilm Hosenfeld, Young Readers Edition Hermann Vinke
Interview Rediscovering Bette Howland: Brigid Hughes and Jacob Howland in Conversation Brigid Hughes, Jacob Howland July 1, 2019
Nonfiction The Notorious Ben Hecht: Iconoclastic Writer and Militant Zionist Julien Gorbach
Essay Marilyn Sachs, Forgotten Pioneer in Children’s Literature At a time when children’s literature was filled with picture-perfect families, Marilyn Sachs painted a darker, richer reality. Emily Schneider June 3, 2019
