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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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    Augie’s Secrets: The Min­neapo­lis Mob and the King of the Hen­nepin Strip
    Neal Karlen
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    But Where Is the Lamb?: Imag­in­ing the Sto­ry of Abra­ham and Isaac
    James Good­man
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    The Mish­pocheh Connection

    Jonathan Kirsch, book edi­tor of The Jew­ish Jour­nal, con­tributes book reviews to the print and online edi­tions and blogs at www​.jew​ishjour​nal​.com/​t​w​e​l​v​e​t​welve.…
    Jonathan Kirsch
    May 10, 2013
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    Kristall­nacht and Her­schel Grynszpan

    Jonathan Kirsch, book edi­tor of The Jew­ish Jour­nal, con­tributes book reviews to the print and online edi­tions and blogs at www​.jew​ishjour​nal​.com/​t​w​e​l​v​e​t​welve.…
    Jonathan Kirsch
    May 9, 2013
    Essay

    A Scan­dalous The­o­ry of Defense and Her­schel Grynszpan

    Jonathan Kirsch, book edi­tor of The Jew­ish Jour­nal, con­tributes book reviews to the print and online edi­tions and blogs at www​.jew​ishjour​nal​.com/​t​w​e​l​v​e​t​welve.…
    Jonathan Kirsch
    May 8, 2013
    Essay

    Restor­ing Her­schel Gryn­sz­pan to the Pages of History

    Jonathan Kirsch, book edi­tor of The Jew­ish Jour­nal, con­tributes book reviews to the print and online edi­tions and blogs at www​.jew​ishjour​nal​.com/​t​w​e​l​v​e​t​welve.…
    Jonathan Kirsch
    May 7, 2013
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    The Short, Strange Life of Her­schel Gryn­sz­pan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplo­mat, and a Mur­der in Paris
    Jonathan Kirsch
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    The Intel­lec­tu­al His­to­ry and Rab­binic Cul­ture of Medieval Ashkenaz
    Ephraim Kanarfogel
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    Jews of Nige­ria: An Afro-Juda­ic Odyssey
    William F.S. Miles
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    The Syn­a­gogues of New York’s Low­er East Side: A Ret­ro­spec­tive and Con­tem­po­rary View, Sec­ond Edition
    Gerard R. Wolfe; Joseph Berger, fwd.
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    Super­man Ver­sus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Sto­ry of How the Icon­ic Super­hero Bat­tled the Men of Hate
    Richard Bowers
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    Super­man: The High-Fly­ing His­to­ry of Amer­i­ca’s Most Endur­ing Hero
    Lar­ry Tye
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    David Niren­berg
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