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    Hag­gadah Illuminated
    Even Caredio; Guglielomo Bigi Benajá, illus.
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    A Night to Remem­ber: The Hag­gadah of Con­tem­po­rary Voices
    Mishael Zion and Noam Zion; Michel Kichka, illus.
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    Half the House — My Life In and Out of Jerusalem
    Rachel Berghash
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    Oy Vey! Isn’t a Strat­e­gy: 25 Solu­tions for Per­son­al and Pro­fes­sion­al Success
    Deb­o­rah Grayson Riegel
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    Bro­ken Frag­ments: Jew­ish Expe­ri­ences of Alzheimer’s Dis­ease through Diag­no­sis, Adap­ta­tion, and Mov­ing On
    Dou­glas Kohn
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    Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Rais­ing Con­fi­dent, Lov­ing Chil­dren the Attach­ment Par­ent­ing Way
    Mayim Bialik; Jay Gordon, intro.
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    Reflec­tions of Prague: Jour­neys Through the 20th Century
    Ivan Margolius
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    Far From Zion: Jews, Dias­po­ra, Memory
    Jason Francisco
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    Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear States and Terrorism
    Peter R. Beckman; William Paul Crumlish; Michael Dobkowski; Steven Lee
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    Days of Deliv­er­ance: Essays on Purim and Hanukkah
    Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik
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    Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
    Jack Kugelmass, ed.
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    Pesach For the Rest of Us: Mak­ing the Passover Seder Your Own
    Marge Piercy
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    The Art of Aging: A Doc­tor’s Pre­scrip­tion For Well-Being
    Sherwin B. Nuland
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    Sex, God, Christ­mas and Jews: Inti­mate Emails About Faith and Life Challenges
    Gil Mann
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    Frag­ment­ed Fam­i­lies: Pat­terns of Estrange­ment and Reconciliation
    Ellen B. Sucov
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    Kenneth S. Stern
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