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History

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Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald
Carole Angier
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Non­fic­tion
Sephar­di: Cook­ing the His­to­ry. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Dias­po­ra, from the 13th Cen­tu­ry to Today
Hélène Jawhara Piñer
Essay

Find­ing the Lost Café Schindler

Meriel Schindler
September 27, 2021
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Visu­al Arts
A Col­lage of Customs
Mark Pod­w­al
Essay

The Jew­ish Writer Behind Mozart’s Operas

Howard Jay Smith
September 21, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
The House of Frag­ile Things: Jew­ish Art Col­lec­tors and the Fall of France
James McAuley
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Non­fic­tion
X Troop: The Secret Jew­ish Com­man­dos of World War II
Leah Gar­rett
Essay

‘The Post Office’: A Play from India to Wartime Poland

Jai Chakrabar­ti
September 15, 2021
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The Rab­bi and the Rev­erend: Joachim Prinz, Mar­tin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight against Silence
Audrey Ades; Chiara Fedele, illus.
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The Politzer Saga
Lin­da Ambrus Broenniman
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Objects of Love and Regret: A Brook­lyn Story
Richard Rabi­nowitz
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A Door­way to Hero­ism: A dec­o­rat­ed Ger­man-Jew­ish sol­dier who became an Amer­i­can hero
W. Jack Romberg
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Last Call at the Hotel Impe­r­i­al: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War
Deb­o­rah Cohen
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A Reac­tion to Mes­sian­ic Missionaries
Cheryl Simani
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Fic­tion
The Plagues of Pharaoh
David Shaw
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Loy­al­ty
Lisa Scot­to­line
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