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    Cover of Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menachem Mendel Schneerson
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    Open Secret: Postmes­sian­ic Mes­sian­ism and the Mys­ti­cal Revi­sion of Men­achem Mendel Schneerson
    Elliot R. Wolfson
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    If We Could Hear Them Now: Encoun­ters With Leg­endary Jew­ish Heroines
    Alice Becker Lehrer
    Cover of Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero
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    Moses Mon­te­fiore: Jew­ish Lib­er­a­tor, Impe­r­i­al Hero
    Abi­gail Green
    Cover of Gidi: One Chasing A Thousand
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    Gidi: One Chas­ing A Thousand
    Joseph Evron; Philip Simpson, trans.
    Cover of Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince
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    Irv­ing Thal­berg: Boy Won­der to Pro­duc­er Prince
    Mark A. Vieira
    Cover of Liberty's Voice: The Story of Emma Lazarus
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    Lib­er­ty’s Voice: The Sto­ry of Emma Lazarus
    Erica Silverman; Stacey Schuett, illus.
    Cover of Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman
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    Bar­ney Frank: The Sto­ry of Amer­i­ca’s Only Left-Hand­ed, Gay, Jew­ish Congressman
    Stuart E. Weisberg
    Cover of Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt
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    Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt
    Robert Gottlieb
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    When Bob Met Woody
    Gary Golio; Marc Burckhardt, illus.
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    Moses Mendelssohn: Sage of Modernity
    Shmuel Feiner; Anthony Berris, trans.
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    Bon­ho­ef­fer: Pas­tor, Mar­tyr, Prophet, Spy
    Eric Metaxas
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    Ham­merin’ Hank Green­berg: Base­ball Pioneer
    Shelley Sommer
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    Scor­pi­ons: The Bat­tles and the Tri­umphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices
    Noah Feldman
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    Vision & Val­or: An Illus­trat­ed His­to­ry Of The Talmud
    Rabbi Berel Wein
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    Wan­der­ing Soul: The Dyb­buk’s Cre­ator, S. An-sky
    Gabriella Safran
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    Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Sym­phonies Changed Our World
    Norman Lebrecht
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