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    David Engel
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    Jew­ish Prop­er­ty Claims Against Arab Countries
    Michael R. Fischbach
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    Chaim Herzog
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    Cos­mopoli­tans: A Social & Cul­tur­al His­to­ry of the Jews of the San Fran­cis­co Bay Area
    Fred Rosenbaum
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    97 Orchard: An Edi­ble His­to­ry of Five Immi­grant Fam­i­lies in One New York Tenement
    Jane Ziegelman
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    Yid­dish Lit­er­a­ture in Amer­i­ca: 1870 – 2000
    Emanuel S. Goldsmith; Barnett Zumoff, trans.
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    Ash­es in the Wind: The Destruc­tion of Dutch Jewry
    Dr. Jacob Presser
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    Crown of Alep­po: The Mys­tery of the Old­est Hebrew Bible Codex
    Hayim Tawil and Bernard Schneider
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    Peace in the Mak­ing: The Men­achem Begin-Anwar El-Sadat Per­son­al Correspondence
    Harry Hurwitz and Yisrael Medad, ed.
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    The Wit­ness House: Nazis and Holo­caust Sur­vivors Shar­ing A Vil­la Dur­ing the Nurem­berg Trials
    Christiane Kohl; Anthea Bell, trans.
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    The Death March­es: The Final Phase of Nazi Genocide
    Daniel Blatman; Chaya Galai, trans.
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    His­tor­i­cal Dic­tio­nary of the Holo­caust, 2nd Edition
    Jack Fischel
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    The Oth­er Schindlers: Why Some Peo­ple Chose To Save The Jews In The Holocaust
    Agnes Grunwald-Spier; Sir Martin Gilberg, fwd.
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    The Envoy: The Epic Res­cue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desparate Clos­ing Months of World War II
    Alex Kershaw
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    We Are Com­ing Unafraid: The Jew­ish Legions and the Promised Land in the First World War
    Michael Keren and Shlomit Keren , 2010. 200 pp. $39.95 ISBN: 978-7425- 5274-6
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