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The Long Corner
Alexander Maksik
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Let There Be Light: The Real Sto­ry of Her Creation
Liana Finck
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Alma Press­es Play
Tina Cane
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From the Jew­ish Provinces: Select­ed Stories
Fradl Shtok, Allison Schachter and Jordan D. Finkin (Translators)
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Loss of Mem­o­ry Is Only Tem­po­rary: Stories
Johan­na Kaplan
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Amer­i­can Shtetl: The Mak­ing of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Vil­lage in Upstate New York
Nomi M. Stolzenberg, David N. Myers
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Com­ic Books are Jew­ish Literature

Roy Schwartz
January 25, 2022
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Bec­ca Kantor
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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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A Fortress in Brook­lyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Mak­ing of Hasidic Williamsburg
Nathaniel Deutsch, Michael Casper
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How Pol­ly Adler, the Jew­ish Jezebel of the Jazz Age, Became a Top­sy-Turvy Amer­i­can Suc­cess Story

Deb­by Applegate
November 22, 2021
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The Pes­simists
Bethany Ball
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The Shel­ter and the Fence: When 982 Holo­caust Refugees Found Safe Haven in America
Norman H. Finkelstein
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‘Hide the Jew’: Hol­ly­wood, Assim­i­la­tion, and the Mankiewicz Brothers

Nick Davis
October 11, 2021
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‘Hero Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with E. Lockhart

Simona Zaret­sky
October 4, 2021
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