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    The Woman Who Fought An Empire: Sarah Aaron­sohn and Her Nili Spy Ring
    Gre­go­ry Joseph Wallance
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    Lawyers With­out Rights: The Fate of Jew­ish Lawyers in Berlin after 1933
    Simone Ladwig-Winters Edited by Bill Choyke
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    Spies of No Coun­try: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
    Matti Friedman Winner of the 2018 Natan Book Award
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    When Chris­tians Were Jews: The First Generation
    Paula Fredriksen
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    On Mid­dle Ground: A His­to­ry of the Jews of Baltimore
    Eric L. Goldstein and Deborah R. Weiner
    Cover of The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis
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    The Man Who Lit Lady Lib­er­ty: The Extra­or­di­nary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis
    Richard Schwartz
    Essay

    In World War II-Era North Car­oli­na, A Haven for Ger­man Jew­ish Artists and Academics

    Charles Dar­went
    November 6, 2018
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    Menasseh ben Israel: Rab­bi of Amsterdam
    Steven Nadler
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    Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Sto­ry of a Sen­sa­tion­al British Mur­der, a Quest for Jus­tice, and the World’s Most Famous Detec­tive Writer
    Mar­galit Fox
    Essay

    Fic­tion­al­iz­ing Am Olam, The Lit­tle-Known Move­ment of Mid­west­ern Jew­ish Farmers

    Rosellen Brown
    October 22, 2018
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    Mod­ern Con­ser­v­a­tive Judaism: Evolv­ing Thought and Practice
    Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff; Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, fwd.
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    An Inter­view with James Loeffler

    Bob Gold­farb
    October 18, 2018
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    Root­ed Cos­mopoli­tans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twen­ti­eth Century
    James Loef­fler Finalist for the 2018 Natan Book Award
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    In Broad Day­light: The Secret Pro­ce­dures behind the Holo­caust by Bullets
    Patrick Des­bois
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    Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Lega­cy of the Six-Day War
    Micah Goodman; Eylon Levy, trans.
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    The Cook­ing Gene: A Jour­ney Through African Amer­i­can Culi­nary His­to­ry in the Old South
    Michael W. Twitty
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