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Cover of Love Letter From Pig: My Brother's Story of Freedom Summer
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Love Let­ter From Pig: My Broth­er’s Sto­ry of Free­dom Summer
Julie Kabat
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How to Become an Amer­i­can: A His­to­ry of Immi­gra­tion, Assim­i­la­tion, and Loneliness
Daniel Wolff
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The In-Betweens: A Lyri­cal Memoir
Davon Loeb
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We Sur­vived the Holo­caust: The Bluma and Felix Gold­berg Story
Frank W. Baker; Tim Ogline, illus.
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The Wan­der­ing Womb: Essays in Search of Home
S. L. Wisenberg
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Hap­pi­ly: A Per­son­al His­to­ry-with Fairy Tales
Sab­ri­na Orah Mark
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Fic­tion
My Name Is Hamburger
Jacque­line Jules
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Rab­bis, Detec­tives, and Twen­ty-Nine Witch­es: How the Jew­ish Books of My Child­hood Taught Me about Mysticism

Riv­ka Galchen
October 31, 2022
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The Thread Col­lec­tors: A Novel
Alyson Rich­man
Shaunna Edwards
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‘Our Shared His­to­ry’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Alyson Rich­man and Shaunna Edwards

Shaunna Edwards, Alyson Rich­man
August 29, 2022
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Jew­ish Sol­diers in the Civ­il War: The Union Army
Adam D. Mendelsohn
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Sum­mer of Stolen Secrets
Julie Stern­berg
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A Place of Exo­dus: Home, Mem­o­ry, and Texas
David Biespiel
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‘Touched with Fire’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with David E. Lowe

Edward Shapiro
September 7, 2020
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Rec­om­mend­ed for You
Lau­ra Silverman
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Wan­der­ing Dix­ie: Dis­patch­es from the Lost Jew­ish South
Sue Eisen­feld
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