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    Syn­a­gogue Song: An Intro­duc­tion To Con­cepts, The­o­ries, and Customs
    Jonathan L. Friedman
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    Fac­ing the Glass Booth
    Haim Gouri
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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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    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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    The Mau­thausen Tri­al: Amer­i­can Mil­i­tary Jus­tice in Germany
    Tomaz Jardim
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    The Jews of the Unit­ed States: 1654 to 2000
    Hasia R. Diner
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    Lessons and Lega­cies, Vol. VI: New Cur­rents in Holo­caust Research
    Jeffrey M. Diefendorf, ed.
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    The Tem­ple of Jerusalem
    Simon Goldhill
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    Jew­ish Dis­placed Per­sons in Camp Bergen-Belsen 1945 – 1950: The Unique Pho­to Album of Zip­py Orlin
    Erik Somers and Rene Kok, eds.
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    Why the Jews Reject­ed Jesus: The Turn­ing Point in West­ern History
    David Klinghoffer
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    The Ran­som of the Jews: The Sto­ry of the Extra­or­di­nary Secret Bar­gain Between Roma­nia and Israel
    Radu Ioanid
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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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