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    The Light of Learn­ing: Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust
    Glenn Dyn­ner
    Essay

    Nazi-Loot­ed Art: Writ­ing ​“The Lost Van Gogh”

    Jonathan Sant­lofer
    February 19, 2024
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    The Forg­ers: The For­got­ten Sto­ry of the Holo­caust’s Most Auda­cious Res­cue Operation
    Roger Moore­house
    Interview

    How to Tell an Essen­tial Sto­ry: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Steve Sheinkin

    Emi­ly Schneider
    February 8, 2024
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    Pales­tine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Mid­dle East Conflict
    Oren Kessler
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    Four Sephardic Jew­ish Girls Caught in the Web of History

    Ruth Behar
    February 5, 2024
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    The Last Ships from Ham­burg: Busi­ness, Rival­ry, and the Race to Save Rus­si­a’s Jews on the Eve of World War I
    Steven Uji­fusa
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    Hour of Need: The Dar­ing Escape of the Dan­ish Jews dur­ing World War II: A Graph­ic Novel
    Ralph Shayne; Tatiana Goldberg, illus.
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    For­got­ten Girls of the Holo­caust: Annette Zel­man’s Story

    Heather Dune Macadam, Simon Wor­rall
    January 8, 2024
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    Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald’s Assassin
    Dan­ny Fingeroth
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    Mur­der in Manchuria: The True Sto­ry of a Jew­ish Vir­tu­oso, Russ­ian Fas­cists, a French Diplo­mat, and a Japan­ese Spy in Occu­pied China
    Scott D. Seligman
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    Forged in Amer­i­ca: How Irish-Jew­ish Encoun­ters Shaped a Nation
    Hasia R. Diner
    Miri­am Nyhan Grey
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    Tammar Stein; Dodo Maeder, illus.
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    A Rev­o­lu­tion in Type: Gen­der and the Mak­ing of the Amer­i­can Yid­dish Press
    Ayelet Brinn
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    Revis­it­ing Amer­i­can Yid­dish Journalism

    Ayelet Brinn
    November 13, 2023
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    Star Crossed: A True WWII Romeo and Juli­et Love Sto­ry in Hitler’s Paris
    Heather Dune Macadam
    Simon Wor­rall
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