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    Ein­stein in Kafka­land: How Albert Fell Down the Rab­bit Hole and Came Up with the Universe
    Ken Krim­stein
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    The Ques­tion of Unwor­thy Life: Eugen­ics and Germany’s Twen­ti­eth Century 
    Dag­mar Herzog
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    Becom­ing Janet: Find­ing Myself in the Holocaust
    Janet Singer Applefield
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    Not So(w) Kosher? Nine Jew­ish Facts About the Pig

    Jor­dan D. Rosenblum
    October 7, 2024
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    Babi Yar
    Ana­toly Kuznetsov
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    For­bid­den: A 3,000-Year His­to­ry of Jews and the Pig
    Jor­dan D. Rosenblum
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    Doc­u­men­tary Poetry
    Heimrad Bäcker; Patrick Greaney, trans.
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    My Grandfather’s Secret: Jew­ish Inside the Man­hat­tan Project

    Rachel Rob­bins
    September 30, 2024
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    Our Nazi: An Amer­i­can Suburb’s Encounter with Evil
    Michael Sof­fer
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    Jes­si­ca Ruetter
    September 23, 2024
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    10/7: 100 Human Stories
    Lee Yaron
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    From Gen­er­a­tion to Gen­er­a­tion, On a Char­i­ot of Fire: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Siona Ben­jamin and Eri­ca Lyons

    Isado­ra Kianovsky 
    September 2, 2024
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    The End of Ambi­tion: Amer­i­ca’s Past, Present, and Future in the Mid­dle East
    Steven A. Cook
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    Dear Miss Perkins: A Sto­ry of Frances Perkin­s’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany
    Rebec­ca Bren­ner Graham
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    Rivo­ni­a’s Chil­dren: Nel­son Man­de­la’s White Com­rades and Their Legacy
    Glenn Frankel
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    When Bible Meets His­to­ry: Ancient Voic­es Tell Their Version
    Stephen Lee Crane
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