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family saga

Cover of I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust
Non­fic­tion
I Seek a Kind Per­son: My Father, Sev­en Chil­dren, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust
Julian Borg­er
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My Grandfather’s Sto­ries: From the Shtetl to Chicago

Jamie Wendt
March 31, 2025
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Non­fic­tion
Chil­dren of Radi­um: A Buried Inheritance
Joe Dun­thorne
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Chil­dren’s
Ellis Island Passover
Maris­sa Moss
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Excerpt: Sons and Daughters

Chaim Grade, Rose Wald­man
March 24, 2025
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Fic­tion
Sons and Daughters
Chaim Grade; Rose Waldman, trans.
Cover of Like Mother, Like Mother
Fic­tion
Like Moth­er, Like Mother
Susan Rieger
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Fic­tion
Rooms for Vanishing
Stu­art Nadler
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Fic­tion
We Would Never
Tova Mirvis
Cover of Rules for Ghosting
Fic­tion
Rules for Ghosting
Shelly Jay Shore
Cover of Do Not Cry When I Die: A Holocaust Memoir of a Mother and Daughter's Survival In Jewish Ghettos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen
Non­fic­tion
Do Not Cry When I Die: A Holo­caust Mem­oir of a Moth­er and Daugh­ter’s Sur­vival In Jew­ish Ghet­tos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen
Renee Salt
Kate Thomp­son
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JBC Book­shelf: Spring 2025

Simona Zaret­sky
February 24, 2025
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Two Sis­ters: Betray­al, Love, and Resis­tance in Wartime France
Rosie White­house
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Box in My Attic

John Hous­ton
February 17, 2025
Cover of Your Roots Cast a Shadow: One Family's Search Across History for Belonging
Non­fic­tion
Your Roots Cast a Shad­ow: One Fam­i­ly’s Search Across His­to­ry for Belonging
Car­o­line Topperman
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Fic­tion
The Umbrel­la Mak­er’s Son: A Nov­el of WWII
Tod Lend­ing
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