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Nonfiction American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York Nomi M. Stolzenberg, David N. Myers
Nonfiction Filled with Fire and Light: Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World Elie Wiesel, Alan Rosen (Editor)
Nonfiction A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg Nathaniel Deutsch, Michael Casper
Nonfiction The Rebellion of the Daughters: Jewish Women Runaways in Habsburg Galicia Rachel Manekin
Fiction A Palace of Pearls: The Stories of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav Howard Schwartz; Zann Jacobrown, illus.
Nonfiction The Secret of Chabad: Inside the World’s Most Successful Jewish Movement David Eliezrie
Essay The Answer Is the Question Earlier this week, Leah Lax wrote about Gloria Steinem named her book. The author of Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home, she has been blogging… Leah Lax September 18, 2015