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Cover of My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories
Non­fic­tion
My Life in Recipes: Food, Fam­i­ly, and Memories
Joan Nathan
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Fic­tion
The Hebrew Teacher
Maya Arad; Jessica Cohen, trans. 
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Chil­dren’s
The Blue But­ter­fly of Cochin
Ariana Mizrahi; Siona Benjamin, illus.
Essay

“One of a Kind: The Life of Syd­ney Tay­lor” — How the Book Began 

Richard Michel­son
March 11, 2024
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Fic­tion
On Her Own
Lihi Lapid; Sondra Silverston, trans.
Cover of Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story
Non­fic­tion
Stranger in the Desert: A Fam­i­ly Story
Jor­dan Salama
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Fic­tion
The Winthrop Agreement
Alice Simp­son
Essay

Four Sephardic Jew­ish Girls Caught in the Web of History

Ruth Behar
February 5, 2024
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The Last Ships from Ham­burg: Busi­ness, Rival­ry, and the Race to Save Rus­si­a’s Jews on the Eve of World War I
Steven Uji­fusa
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Car­a­van of Hope: A Bukha­ran Wom­an’s Jour­ney to Freedom
Dahlia Abra­ham-Klein
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Hotel Cuba
Aaron Ham­burg­er
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The Mon­ey Kings: The Epic Sto­ry of the Jew­ish Immi­grants Who Trans­formed Wall Street and Shaped Mod­ern America
Daniel Schul­man
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Forged in Amer­i­ca: How Irish-Jew­ish Encoun­ters Shaped a Nation
Hasia R. Diner
Miri­am Nyhan Grey
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Chil­dren’s
The Inside Name
Randi Sonenshine; Gina Capaldi, illus.
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A Rev­o­lu­tion in Type: Gen­der and the Mak­ing of the Amer­i­can Yid­dish Press
Ayelet Brinn
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Chil­dren’s
Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suit­case: Three Immi­grant Voices
Jane Yolen, Marjorie Lotfi, and Raquel Elizabeth Artiga de Paz; Fotini Tikkou, illus.
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