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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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    Kugels & Col­lards: Sto­ries of Food, Fam­i­ly, and Tra­di­tion in Jew­ish South Carolina
    Rachel Gordin Barnett
    Lyssa Klig­man Harvey
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    Rachel Meller
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    Les­bian Love Sto­ry: A Mem­oir In Archives
    Amelia Pos­san­za
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    “Some­times, All It Takes Is Claim­ing that Iden­ti­ty”: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Amelia Possanza 

    Julie R. Enszer 
    September 18, 2023
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    Excerpt — Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stal­in, and the Mirac­u­lous Sur­vival of My Family

    Daniel Finkel­stein
    September 18, 2023
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    The Beau­ty of the Hebrew Let­ter: From Sacred Scrolls to Graffiti
    Izzy Plud­win­s­ki
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    Women and the South Car­oli­na Jew­ish Table

    Rachel Gordin Barnett, Lyssa Klig­man Harvey
    September 18, 2023
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    Streams of Shat­tered Con­scious­ness: A Chron­i­cle of the First 50 Days of the Israel-Hamas War
    David-Seth Kir­sh­n­er
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    Julie Kabat
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    Kathy Kac­er
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    The Art of Diplo­ma­cy: How Amer­i­can Nego­tia­tors Reached His­toric Agree­ments That Changed the World
    Stu­art E. Eizenstat
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    The Fight of Their Lives: A 21st Cen­tu­ry Primer on World War II
    Andy Kut­ler
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    Julie Satow
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    Aliza Lavie
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