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Ger­man Jerusalem: The Remark­able Life of a Ger­man-Jew­ish Neigh­bor­hood in the Holy City
Thomas Sparr, Stephen Brown (Translator)
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The Girl From Over There: The Hope­ful Sto­ry of a Young Jew­ish Immigrant
Sharon Rechter, Karla Gerard (Illustrator)
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The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ulti­mate­ly Even Neg­li­gi­ble Episode in the His­to­ry of a Very Famous Family
Joshua Cohen
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The Upside-Down Boy and the Israeli Prime Minister
Sherri Mandell, Robert Dunn (Illustrator)
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Soosie: The Horse That Saved Shabbat
Tami Lehman-Wilzig, Menahem Halberstadt (illus.)
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The New Queen of Sheba
Rab­bi Bar­ry L. Schwartz
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The Mem­o­ry Monster
Yishai Sarid
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Han­nah Arendt and Lucy Daw­id­ow­icz: Zion­ism & Israel in the Minds of Two Great Intellectuals

Thursday, February 25, 2021
12:30–2pm

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The Won­der­ing Jew: Israel and the Search for Jew­ish Identity
Micah Goodman, Eylon Levy (trans.)
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Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin
Tracy Newman, Abigail Halpin (illus.)
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A Zom­bie Vacation
Lisa Rose, Ángeles Ruiz (illus.)
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Nev­er Alone
Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy
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Beni’s War
Tam­mar Stein
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Excerpt: Cor­ner People

Esty G. Hayim, Sarah Fried­man
October 19, 2020
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Too Far From Home
Naomi Shmuel, Avi Katz (illus.)
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A Pas­sion For Israel: Adven­tures of a Sar-el Volunteer
Mark Wern­er
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