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    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
    Cover of Facing the Glass Booth
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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
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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.
    Cover of The Mauthausen Trial: American Military Justice in Germany
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    The Mau­thausen Tri­al: Amer­i­can Mil­i­tary Jus­tice in Germany
    Tomaz Jardim
    Cover of The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
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    The Plot: The Secret Sto­ry of the Pro­to­cols of the Elders of Zion
    Will Eisner; Umberto Eco, into.
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    A Sense of the Mys­te­ri­ous: Sci­ence and the Human Spirit
    Alan Light­man
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    Oil: Israel’s Covert Efforts to Secure Oil Supplies
    Zvi Alexander
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    Poor Ban­ished Chil­dren of Eve: Women as Evil in the Hebrew Bible
    Gale A. Yee
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