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    Excerpt —Russ & Daugh­ters: 100 Years of Appetizing

    Niki Russ Federman, Josh Russ Tupper, Joshua David Stein
    September 8, 2025
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    Com­bat­ing Anti­semitism: Lessons from Theodore Roosevelt

    Andrew Por­wanch­er
    August 18, 2025
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    The Palace at the End of the Sea
    Simon Tolkien
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    Assim­i­la­tion and Iden­ti­ty: Writ­ing ​‘The Palace at the End of the Sea’

    Simon Tolkien
    May 26, 2025
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    The Trade Off
    Saman­tha Greene Woodruff
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    Thread­bare
    Jane Loeb Rubin
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    Niki Russ Federman
    Josh Russ Tupper
    Joshua David Stein
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    The Mag­ic Maker
    Mick­ey Dubrow
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    The Incor­rupt­ibles: A True Sto­ry of King­pins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the Amer­i­can Underworld
    Dan Slater
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    Alice Simp­son
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    Golem of the Low­er East Side

    Jerome Charyn
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