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Cook­ing alla Giu­dia: A Cel­e­bra­tion of the Jew­ish Food of Italy
Benedet­ta Jas­mine Guetta
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Just a Girl: A True Sto­ry of World War II
Lia Levi; Jess Mason, illus.; Sylvia Notini, trans. 
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Excerpt: Cook­ing alla Giudia

Benedet­ta Jas­mine Guetta
April 11, 2022
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Pol­lak’s Arm
Hans von Trotha, Elisabeth Lauffer (Translator)
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The Rab­bi and the Painter
Shoshona Weiss, Jennifer Kirkham (Illustrator)
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The Shama­ma Case: Con­test­ing Cit­i­zen­ship across the Mod­ern Mediterranean
Jes­si­ca M. Marglin
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When Anti­semitism Came to Venezuela

Moisés Naím
October 6, 2021
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The Jew­ish Writer Behind Mozart’s Operas

Howard Jay Smith
September 21, 2021
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Bar­tal­i’s Bicy­cle: The True Sto­ry of Gino Bar­tali, Italy’s Secret Hero
Megan Hoyt, Iacopo Bruno (Illustrator)
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The Third Man
Ran­dolph Splitter
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Angel of Alta Lan­ga: A Nov­el of Love & War
Suzanne Hoff­man
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Rebec­ca of Saler­no: A Nov­el of Rogue Cru­saders, a Jew­ish Female Physi­cian, and a Murder
Esther Erman
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The Gallery of Beauties
Nina Wachs­man
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Tonight Is Already Tomorrow
Lia Levi, Clarissa Botsford (Translator)
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The Peo­ple on the Beach: Jour­neys to Free­dom After the Holocaust
Rosie Whitehouse
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The Order
Daniel Sil­va
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