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Recommended Reading The Best Place on Earth Earlier this week, Nancy Richler discussed the perspective of her novel The Imposter Bride and why she decided to forgo research. She has been blogging here for… Nancy Richler March 8, 2013
Children’s The Wooden Sword: A Jewish Folktale from Afghanistan Ann Redisch Stampler; Carol Liddiment, illus.
Nonfiction Farewell, Babylon: Coming of Age in Jewish Baghdad Naim Kattan; Sheila Fischman, trans.
Nonfiction Iraq’s Last Jews: Stories of Daily Life, Upheaval, and Escape From Modern Babylon Tamar Morad, Dennis Shasha, and Robert Shasha, eds.
Nonfiction We Look Like the Enemy: The Hidden Story of Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands Rachel Shabi
Nonfiction Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry: From the Golden Age of Spain to Modern Times Zion Zohar, ed.
Nonfiction Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad Violette Shamash; Mira and Tony Roca, eds.