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Cover of Modern Ladino Culture: Press, Belles Lettres, and Theater in the Late Ottoman Empire
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Mod­ern Ladi­no Cul­ture: Press, Belles Let­tres, and The­ater in the Late Ottoman Empire
Olga Borovaya
Cover of Inquisitorial Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Other Heretics
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Inquisi­to­r­i­al Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Oth­er Heretics
Richard L. Kagan; Abigail Dyer, eds. and trans.
Cover of Blood Libel: The Damascus Affair of 1840
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Blood Libel: The Dam­as­cus Affair of 1840
Ronald Florence
Cover of The Diaspora and the Lost Tribes of Israel
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The Dias­po­ra and the Lost Tribes of Israel
Amotz Asa-El
Cover of Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity
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Bor­der Lines: The Par­ti­tion of Judaeo-Christianity
Daniel Boyarin
Cover of Cultural Intermediaries: Jewish Intellectuals in Early Modern Italy
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Cul­tur­al Inter­me­di­aries: Jew­ish Intel­lec­tu­als in Ear­ly Mod­ern Italy
David B. Ruderman; Giuseppe Veltri, eds.
Cover of Defending the Rights of Others: The Great Powers, the Jews, and International Minority Protection, 1878-1938
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Defend­ing the Rights of Oth­ers: The Great Pow­ers, the Jews, and Inter­na­tion­al Minor­i­ty Pro­tec­tion, 1878 – 1938
Carol Fink
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Auschwitz: A New History
Laurence Rees
Cover of The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-1945
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The Yel­low Star: The Per­se­cu­tion of the Jews in Europe 1933 – 1945
Gerhard Schoenberner
Cover of Synagogue Song: An Introduction To Concepts, Theories, and Customs
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Syn­a­gogue Song: An Intro­duc­tion To Con­cepts, The­o­ries, and Customs
Jonathan L. Friedman
Cover of Out of the Shtetl: Making Jews Modern in the Polish Borderlands
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Out of the Shtetl: Mak­ing Jews Mod­ern in the Pol­ish Borderlands
Nan­cy Sinkoff
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Fac­ing the Glass Booth
Haim Gouri
Cover of Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940
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Edouard Vuil­lard: A Painter and His Mus­es, 1890 – 1940
Stephen Brown, with an essay by Richard R. Brettell
Cover of The Jews of the United States: 1654 to 2000
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The Jews of the Unit­ed States: 1654 to 2000
Hasia R. Diner
Cover of Don't Wave Goodbye: The Children's Flight From Nazi Persecution to American Freedom
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Don’t Wave Good­bye: The Chil­dren’s Flight From Nazi Per­se­cu­tion to Amer­i­can Freedom
Philip K. Jason; Iris Posner, eds.
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From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jew­ish Life in America
Michael Grunberger, ed.
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