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    The Hour of Revenge: Holo­caust Sur­vivors and Their Search for Revenge and Retribution
    Katarzy­na Person
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    Hebrew Ori­en­tal­ism: Jew­ish Engage­ment with Arabo-Islam­ic Cul­ture in Late Ottoman and British Palestine
    Mostafa Hus­sein
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    Jews in the Sovi­et Union: A His­to­ry Rev­o­lu­tion, Civ­il War, and New Ways of Life, 1917 – 1930, Vol­ume 1
    Elis­sa Bemporad
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    Uncer­tain Empire: Jews, Nation­al­ism, and the Fate of British Imperialism
    Eliz­a­beth E. Imber
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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
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    An Art­ful Alliance

    Jean Strouse
    November 18, 2024
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    Frances Tanz­er
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    Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jew­ish Life and Her­itage in Mod­ern Cairo
    Yoram Meital
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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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    Jor­dan D. Rosenblum
    October 7, 2024
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