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Hun­gar­i­an Amer­i­can: On Being Sec­ond Generation

Jere­my Salamon
September 16, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
An Etrog from Across the Sea
Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky; Stacey Dressen McQueen, illus.
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Fic­tion
Boy From the North Country
Sam Suss­man
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Non­fic­tion
Car­ole King: She Made the Earth Move
Jane Eis­ner
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Non­fic­tion
New York City Love Tri­an­gle, 1931: A Tale of Three Families
Gabe Oppen­heim
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Fic­tion
Shad­ow Trades: A Bar­ry Rosen Novel
Mitch Stern
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Fic­tion
The Mag­ic Maker
Mick­ey Dubrow
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Non­fic­tion
Just City: Grow­ing Up on the Upper West Side When Hous­ing Was a Human Right
Jen­nifer Baum
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Non­fic­tion
The Incor­rupt­ibles: A True Sto­ry of King­pins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the Amer­i­can Underworld
Dan Slater
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Chil­dren’s
Five Sto­ries
Ellen Wein­stein
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Cheese­cake
Mark Kurlan­sky
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Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodess­er-Akn­er
Essay

The­ater as Tzedakah

Eddie Shapiro
July 3, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
The Tal­ent­ed Mrs. Man­del­baum: The Rise and Fall of an Amer­i­can Orga­nized-Crime Boss
Mar­galit Fox
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Days of Wonder
Car­o­line Leavitt
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Amerika­land
Dan­ny Goodman
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