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    Jew­ish Sci­ence Fic­tion and Fan­ta­sy of the 1960s and 70s: The Post-Holo­caust Authors
    Valerie Estelle Frankel
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    A Mitz­vah for George Washington
    Rachelle Burk; Chiara Fedele, illus.
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    A Flag of No Nation
    Tom Haviv
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    The Shochet (Vol. 1): A Mem­oir of Jew­ish Life in Ukraine and Crimea
    Pinkhes-Dov Gold­en­shteyn; Michoel Roten­feld, trans.
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    The Shochet (Vol. 2): A Mem­oir of Jew­ish Life in Ukraine and Crimea
    Pinkhes-Dov Gold­en­shteyn; Michoel Roten­feld, trans.
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    Book Talk: The Many Lives of Anne Frank

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    Cen­ter for Jew­ish History 

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    Saints and Liars: The Sto­ry of Amer­i­cans Who Saved Refugees from the Nazis
    Debórah Dwork
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    Yochanan’s Gam­ble: Judais­m’s Prag­mat­ic Approach to Life
    Marc Katz
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    On a Char­i­ot of Fire: The Sto­ry of India’s Bene Israel
    Siona Ben­jamin
    Eri­ca Lyons
    Essay

    The Mak­ing of Dias­po­ra in the Ancient World

    Mal­ka Z. Simkovich
    December 30, 2024
    Essay

    The Fes­ti­val of Lights, Revised: Hanukkah’s Prag­mat­ic History

    Marc Katz
    December 23, 2024
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    Jews in Suits: Men’s Dress in Vien­na, 1890 – 1938
    Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum; Reina Lewis and Elizabeth Wilson, eds.
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    The Gates of Gaza: A Sto­ry of Betray­al, Sur­vival and Hope on Israel’s Borderlands
    Amir Tibon
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    Let­ters from Home: The Cre­ation of Dias­po­ra in Jew­ish Antiquity
    Mal­ka Z. Simkovich
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    Por­trait of an Artist, a Fam­i­ly, and Dra­mat­ic Social Change: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Jean Strouse

    Car­ol Kaufman
    November 19, 2024
    Essay

    An Art­ful Alliance

    Jean Strouse
    November 18, 2024
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