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    Cover of The Boy in the Suitcase: Holocaust Stories of Survival
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    The Boy in the Suit­case: Holo­caust Sto­ries of Survival
    Sheryl Nee­dle Cohn
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    The Vio­lin
    David Schoen­baum
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    From Kristall­nacht to Water­gate: Mem­oirs of a Newspaperman
    Har­ry Rosenfeld
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    State of Fail­ure: Yass­er Arafat, Mah­moud Abbas, and the Unmak­ing of the Pales­tin­ian State
    Jonathan Schanz­er
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    Jew­ish Way­far­ers in Mod­ern Chi­na: Tragedy and Splendor
    Matthias Messmer
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    The Searchers
    Glenn Frankel
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    Amer­i­can Jews and Amer­i­ca’s Game
    Lar­ry Ruttman
    Cover of The Power of Citizenship: Why John F. Kennedy Matters to a New Generation
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    The Pow­er of Cit­i­zen­ship: Why John F. Kennedy Mat­ters to a New Generation
    Scott Reich
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    Augie’s Secrets: The Min­neapo­lis Mob and the King of the Hen­nepin Strip
    Neal Karlen
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    Last Chance for Justice
    T.K. Thorne
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    The Red Man’s Bones
    Beni­ta Eisler
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    Yoni’s Last Bat­tle: The Res­cue at Entebbe, 1976
    Iddo Netanyahu
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    But Where Is the Lamb?: Imag­in­ing the Sto­ry of Abra­ham and Isaac
    James Good­man
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    3rd Gen­er­a­tion and Beyond
    Dan­na Pycher
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    I Kiss Your Hands Many Times: Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary
    Mar­i­anne Szegedy-Maszak
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    Rebec­ca Miller on Gluck­el of Hameln

    This week on the Vis­it­ing Scribe, Rebec­ca Miller will be shar­ing texts that shed light on Jew­ish life in eigh­teenth-cen­tu­ry France, the set­ting of her new nov­el,…
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    May 13, 2013
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