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    One Last Shot: Based on a True Sto­ry of Wartime Heroism
    Kip Wil­son
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    The Sacred Earth: Jew­ish Per­spec­tives on Our Planet
    Andrue J. Kahn, ed.
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    The Most Won­der­ful Rain
    Ner­mine Khouzam Rubin
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    Tom­my’s Field: Love, Loss, and the Goal of a Lifetime
    Nik­ki Mark
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    Noth­ing Could Stop Her: The Coura­geous Life of Ruth Gruber
    Rona Arato; Isabel Muñoz, illus.
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    The Women of Roth­schild: The Untold Sto­ry of the World’s Most Famous Dynasty
    Natal­ie Livingstone
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    The Con­fi­dante: The Untold Sto­ry of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Mod­ern America
    Christo­pher C. Gorham
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    Arthur Szyk: Artist and Activist

    Alli­son Claire Chang
    April 3, 2023
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    Rose Spoke Out: The Sto­ry of Rose Schneiderman
    Emma Carlson Berne; Giovanni Abeille, illus.
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    The Best Strangers in the World: Sto­ries from a Life Spent Listening
    Ari Shapiro
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    ‘Ves­sels for Per­son­al His­to­ry’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Michael W. Twit­ty, Shaunna J. Edwards, and Alyson Richman

    Lau­ra Arnold Leibman
    February 24, 2023
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    In the Gar­den of the Right­eous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews Dur­ing the Holocaust
    Richard Hurowitz
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    Poet­ry, Exper­i­ments with Yid­dish, Grief, and New Facts: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ire­na Klepfisz

    Julie R. Enszer 
    January 2, 2023
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    Salt & Hon­ey: Jew­ish Teens on Fem­i­nism, Cre­ativ­i­ty, and Tradition 
    Elizabeth Mandel, Emmanuelle Sippy, Maya Savin Miller, and Michele Lent Hirsch, eds.; Michelle Shapiro Abraham, contrib.
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    Sam Roberts
    December 19, 2022
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