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Trac­ing Helmi’s Jour­ney: From Japan to the US

David Hor­gan
May 16, 2022
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The Choice: A Nov­el of Love, Faith, and Talmud
Mag­gie Anton
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The World of Aus­tralian Jew­ish Literature

Goldie Gold­bloom
April 11, 2022
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Inves­ti­gat­ing ​‘The Mur­ders of Moisés Ville’

Javier Sinay
March 28, 2022
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Why Are So Many Magi­cians Jewish?

Joshua Jay
March 21, 2022
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The Jews Should Keep Qui­et: Franklin D. Roo­sevelt, Rab­bi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust
Rafael Medoff
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Why Is Every­body Yelling?: Grow­ing Up in My Immi­grant Family
Marisabina Russo
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The Pow­er of Eighteen

Rebec­ca E. Bender
February 28, 2022
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Chil­dren’s
The Wel­come Chair
Rosemary Wells, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
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Loss of Mem­o­ry Is Only Tem­po­rary: Stories
Johan­na Kaplan
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Com­ic Books are Jew­ish Literature

Roy Schwartz
January 25, 2022
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A Begin­ner’s Guide to Amer­i­ca: For the Immi­grant and the Curious
Roya Hakakian
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Part­ing Words: 9 Lessons for a Remark­able Life
Benjamin Ferencz
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Chil­dren’s
A Bear for Bimi
Jane Breskin Zalben, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)
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The Jew­ish Neigh­bors of ​‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’

Ariel­la Carmell
December 15, 2021
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A Queen to the Res­cue: The Sto­ry of Hen­ri­et­ta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
Nancy Churnin, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)
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