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    Cover of The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal
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    The Ori­gins of Judaism: An Archae­o­log­i­cal-His­tor­i­cal Reappraisal
    Yonatan Adler
    Essay

    Find­ing Anna Rosenberg

    Christo­pher C. Gorham
    February 27, 2023
    Interview—From the Journal

    ‘Ves­sels for Per­son­al His­to­ry’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Michael W. Twit­ty, Shaunna J. Edwards, and Alyson Richman

    Lau­ra Arnold Leibman
    February 24, 2023
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    Israel’s Moment: Inter­na­tion­al Sup­port for and Oppo­si­tion to Estab­lish­ing the Jew­ish State, 1945 – 1949
    Jef­frey Herf
    Essay

    ‘Who Mur­dered Arloso­roff?’: Exam­in­ing an Unsolved 1933 Killing in Palestine

    Jonathan Wil­son
    February 13, 2023
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    The Amer­i­can Way: A True Sto­ry of Nazi Escape, Super­man, and Mar­i­lyn Monroe
    Helene Stap­in­s­ki
    Bon­nie Siegler
    Essay

    The Gasp and the Ques­tions: The Inspi­ra­tion for ​‘Code Name Sapphire’

    Pam Jenoff
    February 6, 2023
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    De-Inte­grate!: A Jew­ish Sur­vival Guide for the 21st Century
    Max Czollek; Jon Cho-Polizzi, trans.
    Essay

    The Nakam Affair: Seek­ing Revenge for the Holocaust

    Dina Porat
    January 23, 2023
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    The Island of Extra­or­di­nary Cap­tives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Intern­ment Camp
    Simon Park­er
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    Nakam: The Holo­caust Sur­vivors Who Sought Full-Scale Revenge
    Dina Porat
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    Love Sto­ries from Ger­man Archives

    Chris­t­ian Bailey
    January 16, 2023
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    A Nation of Refugees: Rus­si­a’s Jews in World War I
    Pol­ly Zavadivker
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    The Pope at War: The Secret His­to­ry of Pius XII, Mus­soli­ni, and Hitler 
    David I. Kertzer
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    The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pan­demics from the Bible to COVID-19
    Jere­my Brown
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    Jerusalem Falls: Sev­en Cen­turies of War and Peace
    John D. Hosler
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