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    Sephardic Jews in Amer­i­ca: A Dias­poric History
    Aviva Ben-Ur
    Cover of The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean: The Spanish-Portuguese Jewish settlements in the Caribbean and the Guianas
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    The Jew­ish Nation of the Caribbean: The Span­ish-Por­tuguese Jew­ish set­tle­ments in the Caribbean and the Guianas
    Mordechai Arbell
    Cover of How Jews Became White Folks: And What That Says About Race in America
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    How Jews Became White Folks: And What That Says About Race in America
    Karen Brodkin
    Cover of An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank
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    An Unspeak­able Crime: The Pros­e­cu­tion and Per­se­cu­tion of Leo Frank
    Elaine Alphin
    Cover of Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank
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    Eva’s Sto­ry: A Sur­vivor’s Tale by the Step­sis­ter of Anne Frank
    Eva Schloss with Evelyn Julia Kent
    Cover of The Jewish Americans
    Chil­dren’s
    The Jew­ish Americans
    Marissa Lingen
    Cover of The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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    The Bal­four Dec­la­ra­tion: The Ori­gins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Jonathan Schneer
    Cover of Dividing Hearts: The Removal of Jewish Children from Gentile Families in Poland in the Immediate Post Holocaust Years
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    Divid­ing Hearts: The Removal of Jew­ish Chil­dren from Gen­tile Fam­i­lies in Poland in the Imme­di­ate Post Holo­caust Years
    Emunah Nachmany Gafny
    Cover of At the Mercy of Strangers: The Rescue of Jewish Children With Assumed Identities in Poland
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    At the Mer­cy of Strangers: The Res­cue of Jew­ish Chil­dren With Assumed Iden­ti­ties in Poland
    Nahum Bogner
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    The Land of Blood and Hon­ey: The Rise of Mod­ern Israel
    Martin van Creveld
    Cover of Rescue & Flight: American Relief Workers Who Defied the Nazis
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    Res­cue & Flight: Amer­i­can Relief Work­ers Who Defied the Nazis
    Susan Elizabeth Subak; William F. Schulz, aftwd.
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    The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel’s Bar­gain With the Bomb
    Avner Cohen
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    Jew­ish Respons­es to Per­se­cu­tion, 1933 – 1946: Vol­ume I
    Jurgen Matthaus and Mark Roseman
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    The Holo­caust: A Con­cise History
    Doris L. Bergen
    Cover of The Liberators: America's Witnessers to the Holocaust
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    The Lib­er­a­tors: Amer­i­ca’s Wit­nessers to the Holocaust
    Michael Hirsh
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    The Prime Min­is­ters: An Inti­mate Nar­ra­tive of Israeli Leadership
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