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    Cap­i­tal­ism and the Jews
    Jerry Z. Muller
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    Tri­als of the Dias­po­ra: A His­to­ry of Anti-Semi­tism in England
    Anthony Julius
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    The Final Solu­tion: A Genocide
    Donald Bloxham
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    Chelm­no: A Small Vil­lage in Europe: The First Nazi Exter­mi­na­tion Camp
    Shmuel Krakowski
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    Siegel and Shus­ter’s Fun­ny­man: The First Jew­ish Super­hero From the Cre­ators of Superman
    Thomas Andrae and Mel Gordon, eds; Danny Fingeroth, fwd.
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    Drey­fus: Pol­i­tics, Emo­tion and the Scan­dal of the Century
    Ruth Harris
    Cover of Still Jewish: A History of Women and Intermarriage in America
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    Still Jew­ish: A His­to­ry of Women and Inter­mar­riage in America
    Keren R. McGinity
    Cover of Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression
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    Danc­ing in the Dark: A Cul­tur­al His­to­ry of the Great Depression
    Morris Dickstein
    Cover of Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry That Created The Nuclear Age
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    Ura­ni­um Wars: The Sci­en­tif­ic Rival­ry That Cre­at­ed The Nuclear Age
    Amir D. Aczel
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    A Heart Afire: Sto­ries and Teach­ing of the Ear­ly Hasidic Masters
    Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles- Yepez; Arthur Green, fwd.
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    Jerusalem: City of Longing
    Simon Goldhill
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    Major Far­ran’s Hat: The Untold Sto­ry of the Strug­gle to Estab­lish the Jew­ish State
    David Cesarani
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    The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History
    Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
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    Hitler’s Intel­li­gence Chief: Wal­ter Shel­len­berg: The Man Who Kept Ger­many’s Secrets
    Reinhard R. Dorries
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    Screen­ing a Lynch­ing: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television
    Matthew H. Bernstein
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    A Child Al Con­fi­no: The True Sto­ry of a Jew­ish Boy and His Moth­er in Mus­solin­i’s Italy
    Eric Lamet
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