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    Rais­ing Sec­u­lar Jews: Yid­dish Schools and Their Peri­od­i­cals for Amer­i­can Chil­dren, 1917 – 1950
    Naomi Prawer Kadar
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    The Implaca­ble Urge to Defame: Car­toon Jews in the Amer­i­can Press, 1877 – 1935
    Matthew Baigell
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    Dolce Vita Confidential
    Shawn Levy
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    Quan­tum Fuzz
    Michael S. Walker
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    Ten Dol­lars to Hate
    Patri­cia H. Bernstein
    Cover of Hollywood's Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles
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    Hol­ly­wood’s Spies: The Under­cov­er Sur­veil­lance of Nazis in Los Angeles
    Lau­ra B. Rosenzweig
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    Twen­ty-Six Seconds
    Alexan­dra Zapruder
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    Some­thing Beau­ti­ful Hap­pened: A Sto­ry of Sur­vival and Courage in the Face of Evil
    Yvette Manes­sis Corporon
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    The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums
    Will Fried­wald
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    Angels in the Sky
    Robert Gandt
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    Human Rights after Hitler
    Dan Plesch
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    The For­got­ten Flight
    Stu­art H. Newberger
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    After the Roundup
    Richard Kut­ner
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    Jew­ish Com­e­dy: A Seri­ous History
    Jeremy Dauber Finalist for the 2018 Natan Book Award
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    The Tragedy of Moses
    Elliott Kan­bar
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    Danc­ing on a Pow­der Keg
    Michal Schwartz
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