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    Short Stories

    Cover of The Rooster Princess and Other Tales: Jewish Stories Re-populated with Spunky Heroines,Wise Women, Brave Crones, and Powerful Prophetesses
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    The Roost­er Princess and Oth­er Tales: Jew­ish Sto­ries Re-pop­u­lat­ed with Spunky Heroines,Wise Women, Brave Crones, and Pow­er­ful Prophetesses
    Debra Gor­don Zaslow
    The Jew­ish Wom­en’s Sto­ry­telling Collective
    Cover of The Podolian Nights
    Fic­tion
    The Podolian Nights
    Nachman of Bratslav; Jordan Finkin and Robert Adler Peckerar, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    Fools for Love
    Helen Schul­man
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    Etgar Keret, Jes­si­ca Cohen, Son­dra Silverston
    June 16, 2025
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    Fic­tion
    Auto­cor­rect
    Etgar Keret; Jessica Cohen and Sondra Silverston, trans.
    Cover of Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir
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    Eight Very Bad Nights: A Col­lec­tion of Hanukkah Noir
    Tod Gold­berg
    Cover of The Right to Happiness: After All They Went Through
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    The Right to Hap­pi­ness: After All They Went Through
    Helen Schary Motro
    Cover of Displaced Persons: Stories
    Fic­tion
    Dis­placed Per­sons: Stories
    Joan Lee­gant
    Cover of A Plague of Cholera and Other Stories
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    A Plague of Cholera and Oth­er Stories
    Jonah Rosenfeld; Rachel Mines, trans.
    Cover of One for Each Night: The Greatest Chanukah Stories of All Time
    Fic­tion
    One for Each Night: The Great­est Chanukah Sto­ries of All Time
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