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Non­fic­tion
Year­book
Seth Rogen
Interview

‘Exiled in Par­adise’: A Con­ver­sa­tion between Alex­is Lan­dau and Don­na Rifkind

Alex­is Landau, Don­na Rifkind
July 21, 2021
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Fic­tion
Those Who Are Saved
Alex­is Landau
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Cook­book
Bav­el: Mod­ern Recipes Inspired by the Mid­dle East
Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis with Lesley Suter
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Non­fic­tion
Giraffes on Horse­back Sal­ad: Dali, The Marx Broth­ers and the Great­est Movie Nev­er Made
Josh Frank
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Non­fic­tion
Hol­ly­wood’s Eve 
Lili Ano­lik
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Non­fic­tion
Hol­ly­wood’s Spies: The Under­cov­er Sur­veil­lance of Nazis in Los Angeles
Lau­ra B. Rosenzweig
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Non­fic­tion
Hitler in Los Ange­les: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hol­ly­wood and America
Steven J. Ross
Essay

Mar­tin Gang

Glenn Frankel
February 10, 2017
Essay

Dore Schary

Glenn Frankel
February 8, 2017
Essay

The Jews of the Blacklist

Glenn Frankel
February 6, 2017
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Non­fic­tion
Jews in the Los Ange­les Mosaic
Karen S. Wilson, ed.
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Non­fic­tion
Ser­e­nade: A Mem­oir of Music and Love from Vien­na and Prague to Los Ange­les, 1927 to World War II to 2012
Car­ol Jean Delmar
Essay

The Last Jew of Boyle Heights

Ear­li­er this week, Jan­ice Stein­berg wrote about ​“Djew­ess Unchained,” the Song of the Sea, and Yid­dish inflect­ed Eng­lish and the audio­book ver­sion of her nov­el The Tin…
Jan­ice Steinberg
February 1, 2013
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Non­fic­tion
L.A. Noir: The Strug­gle for the Soul of Amer­i­ca’s Most Seduc­tive City
John Buntin
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Iran meets Bev­er­ly Hills: Angel­la M. Nazarian

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIn Angel­la M. Nazarian’s stun­ning new book Life As a Vis­i­tor she blends prose and poet­ry with mem­oir and visu­al arts.…
JBC Staff
April 13, 2010

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