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Gisel­la Perl and Our ​‘Haunt­ed Present’

Leah Grisham
April 25, 2022
Essay

Untold Sto­ries of the Doc­tors of the War­saw Ghetto

Maria Ciesiel­s­ka, Luc Albins­ki
April 18, 2022
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Let­ter to a Young Female Physi­cian: Notes from a Med­ical Life
Suzanne Koven
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The Lost Fam­i­ly: How DNA Test­ing is Upend­ing Who We Are
Lib­by Copeland
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If This Is the Age We End Discovery
Rosebud Ben-Oni
Essay

Otto War­burg’s Jew­ish Identity

Sam Apple
August 16, 2021
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Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Sci­en­tist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World 
Dean Robbins, Mike Dutton (Illustrator)
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Amer­i­can Baby: A Moth­er, a Child, and the Shad­ow His­to­ry of Adoption
Gabrielle Glaser
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Ashke­nazi Herbal­ism: Redis­cov­er­ing the Herbal Tra­di­tions of East­ern Euro­pean Jews
Deatra Cohen, Adam Siegel
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The Jew­ish Body: A History
Robert Jütte, Elizabeth Bredeck (Translator)
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‘I Do Believe in Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Joshua Henkin

Sonia Taitz
June 7, 2021
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Doc­tor on Call: Cher­nobyl Respon­der, Jew­ish Refugee, Radi­a­tion Expert
Alla Shapiro
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Rav­en­ous: Otto War­burg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Can­cer-Diet Connection
Sam Apple
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The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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The Polio Pio­neer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
Linda Elovitz Marshall, Lisa Anchin (illus.)
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I Am the Tree of Life: My Jew­ish Yoga Book
Rabbi Mychal Copeland, Andre Ceolin (illus.)
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