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    Excerpt: The Coun­ter­feit Countess

    Eliz­a­beth B. White, Joan­na Sliwa
    January 22, 2024
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    The Coun­ter­feit Count­ess: The Jew­ish Woman Who Res­cued Thou­sands of Poles Dur­ing the Holocaust
    Eliz­a­beth B. White
    Joan­na Sliwa
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    Love and Sur­vival in Auschwitz

    Keren Blank­feld
    January 22, 2024
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    A Bril­liant Life: My Moth­er’s Inspir­ing True Sto­ry of Sur­viv­ing the Holocaust
    Rachelle Unre­ich
    Essay

    For­got­ten Girls of the Holo­caust: Annette Zel­man’s Story

    Heather Dune Macadam, Simon Wor­rall
    January 8, 2024
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    Char­lotte Salomon’s Indeli­ble Legacy

    Susan Wider
    January 1, 2024
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    Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald’s Assassin
    Dan­ny Fingeroth
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    Brave Volodymyr: The Sto­ry of Volodymyr Zelen­sky and the Fight for Ukraine
    Linda Elovitz Marshall; Grasya Oliyko, illus.
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    Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall
    Christophe Lebold
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    Bert Mey­ers: On the Life and Work of an Amer­i­can Master
    Daniel Levin and Adele Elise Wiliams, eds.
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    She’s a Men­sch!: Ten Amaz­ing Jew­ish Women
    Anne Dublin
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    Natal­ie and the Nazi Sol­diers: The Sto­ry of a Hid­den Child in France Dur­ing the Holocaust 
    Annette Gendler; Ste Johnson, illus.
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    Mar­ty Glick­man: The Life of an Amer­i­can Jew­ish Sports Legend
    Jef­frey S. Gurock
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    The Mon­ey Kings: The Epic Sto­ry of the Jew­ish Immi­grants Who Trans­formed Wall Street and Shaped Mod­ern America
    Daniel Schul­man
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    Israel 201: Your Next-Lev­el Guide to the Mag­ic, Mys­tery, and Chaos of Life in the Holy Land
    Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt
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    Mil­ton Fried­man: The Last Conservative
    Jen­nifer Burns
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