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    The But­ter­fly and the Axe
    Omer Bar­tov
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    Wit­ness to His­to­ry-From Vien­na to Shang­hai: A Mem­oir of Escape, Sur­vival and Resilience
    Jean Hoff­mann Lewanda
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    Geneal­o­gy of a Mur­der: Four Gen­er­a­tions, Three Fam­i­lies, One Fate­ful Night
    Lisa Belkin
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    How to Hunt a Bear: A World War two His­tor­i­cal Nov­el, based on a true story
    Revi­tal Shiri-Horowitz
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    On Account of Sex: Ruth Bad­er Gins­burg and the Mak­ing of Gen­der Equal­i­ty Law
    Philip­pa Strum
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    The Imposter’s War: The Press, Pro­pa­gan­da, and the News­man who Bat­tled for the Minds of America
    Mark Arse­nault
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    Clipped: A mom invents a way to hold her life togeth­er just as the world falls apart
    Adri­enne Alitowski
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    Love, Norm: Inspi­ra­tion of a Jew­ish Amer­i­can Fight­er Pilot
    Nor­man M. Shulman
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    Objects of Love and Regret: A Brook­lyn Story
    Richard Rabi­nowitz
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    The Politzer Saga
    Lin­da Ambrus Broenniman
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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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    Peter Osnos
    August 30, 2021
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    Irma Stern and the Racial Para­dox of South African Mod­ern Art: Audac­i­ties of Color
    LaN­i­tra M. Berger
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    Bab­ka, Boulou, & Blintzes: Jew­ish Choco­late Recipes from around the World
    Michael Lev­en­thal
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    War­saw Ghet­to Police: The Jew­ish Order Ser­vice dur­ing the Nazi Occupation
    Katarzyna Person
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    Alexan­der Hamil­ton and His Jew­ish Witnesses

    Andrew Por­wanch­er
    August 16, 2021
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