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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Hap­py for You
    Claire Stan­ford
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    Amer­i­can Shtetl: The Mak­ing of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Vil­lage in Upstate New York
    Nomi M. Stolzenberg, David N. Myers
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    Sit­ting Shi­va for My Mar­riage – with Help from Tay­lor Swift

    Ali­son Rose Greenberg
    February 7, 2022
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    Free as a Jew: A Per­son­al Mem­oir of Nation­al Self-Liberation
    Ruth Wisse
    From the Journal

    ‘The Trag­ic Cir­cle and the Melior­ist Line’: A con­ver­sa­tion with Colum McCann and Joshua Cohen

    Bec­ca Kantor
    January 31, 2022
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    Shaare Emu­nah

    Steven Volynets
    January 25, 2022
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    Bene Appétit: The Cui­sine of Indi­an Jews
    Esther David
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    How to Find What You’re Not Look­ing For
    Veera Hiranan­dani
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    Chil­dren’s
    Red and Green and Blue and White
    Lee Wind, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
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    A Begin­ner’s Guide to Amer­i­ca: For the Immi­grant and the Curious
    Roya Hakakian
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    Bad Luck Bridesmaid
    Ali­son Rose Greenberg
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    Squir­rel Hill: The Tree of Life Syn­a­gogue Shoot­ing and the Soul of a Neighborhood
    Mark Oppen­heimer
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    Detour Ahead
    Pamela Ehren­berg
    Tra­cy López 
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    Moon­shot: Inside Pfizer’s Nine Month Race to Make the Impos­si­ble Possible
    Albert Bourla
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    Part­ing Words: 9 Lessons for a Remark­able Life
    Benjamin Ferencz
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    Lemon, Love & Olive Oil
    Mina Stone
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