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    For Such a Time as This: On Being Jew­ish Today
    Elliot Cos­grove
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    Just City: Grow­ing Up on the Upper West Side When Hous­ing Was a Human Right
    Jen­nifer Baum
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    Ran­di Weingarten
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    Joan Lee­gant
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    Don Fut­ter­man
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    Eliz­a­beth L. Silver
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    Abi­gail Shrier
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