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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Let­ters from My Mother

    Diane Mehta
    March 10, 2025
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    Jew­ish Sweets: A World­wide Com­mu­ni­ty Cook­book of 100 Dessert Recipes
    Kenden Alfond
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    The Heroes of Octo­ber 7th: Hero­ic Sto­ries for Children
    Hadassa Ben Ari
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    Fol­low­ing Sim­i­lar Paths: What Amer­i­can Jews and Mus­lims Can Learn from One Another
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    The Box in My Attic

    John Hous­ton
    February 17, 2025
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    Foren­sics, Fic­tion and For­give­ness: Craft­ing a Mys­tery Novel

    Tova Mirvis
    February 13, 2025
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    Doubt

    Bat­nadiv HaKarmi
    February 7, 2025
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    Dodo’s Grad­u­a­tion

    Olga Zil­ber­bourg
    February 3, 2025
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    The Before Birthdays

    Janine Schloss
    January 29, 2025
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    One Small Spark: A Tikkun Olam Story
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    A Star Has Six Corners

    Talya Jankovits
    January 20, 2025
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    Artists, Mus­es — Equals?

    Emma Cop­ley Eisenberg
    January 20, 2025
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    Eigh­teen Flow­ers for Grand­ma: A Gift of Chai
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    Unasked Ques­tions: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Mikołaj Gryn­berg and his Eng­lish trans­la­tor, Sean Gasper Bye

    Madeleine Wul­fahrt
    January 13, 2025
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