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    The Malm­e­dy Mas­sacre: The War Crimes Tri­al Controversy
    Steven P. Remy
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    How Mem­o­ry Changes Our View of History

    Neville Frankel
    August 14, 2017
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    The Ori­gin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Root­less Age
    Steven Weitzman
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    The Star of David: A Pop­u­lar His­to­ry of the Mys­te­ri­ous Hexagram
    Robert A. Norman
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    “We Are Jews Again”: Jew­ish Activism in the Sovi­et Union
    Yuli Kosharovsky; Stefani Hoffman, trans.; Ann Komaromi, ed. & intro.
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    An Empha­sis on Leaders

    Men­achem Z. Rosensaft
    June 16, 2017
    Essay

    The First Polit­i­cal Body for Jews

    Men­achem Z. Rosensaft
    June 14, 2017
    Essay

    WJC: An Orga­ni­za­tion with a Personality

    Men­achem Z. Rosensaft
    June 12, 2017
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    The World Jew­ish Con­gress, 1936 – 2016
    Menachem Z. Rosensaft, ed.; Ronald S. Lauder, fwd.
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    Unit­ed Nation: The Human­i­tar­i­an Spir­it Of Israel
    David Kramer
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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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    The Inher­i­tors
    Gita Ari­an Baack
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    Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Ger­da Taro, and the Inven­tion of Mod­ern Photojournalism
    Marc Aron­son
    Mari­na Budhos
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    The Third Reich
    Thomas Childers
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    Jew­ish Jus­tices of the Supreme Court, from Bran­deis to Kagan
    David G. Dalin
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