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    Cover of Fighter in the Woods: The True Story of a Jewish Girl who Joined the Partisans in World War II Hardcover
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    Fight­er in the Woods: The True Sto­ry of a Jew­ish Girl who Joined the Par­ti­sans in World War II Hardcover
    Joshua M. Greene
    Cover of Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück
    Non­fic­tion
    Mile­na and Mar­garete: A Love Sto­ry in Ravensbrück
    Gwen Strauss
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    Fic­tion
    The Night Sparrow
    Shelly Sanders
    Essay

    The Female Jew­ish Snipers Who Inspired ​“The Night Sparrow”

    Shelly Sanders
    July 2, 2025
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    Fic­tion
    Bron­shtein in the Bronx
    Robert Lit­tell
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    Mr. Katz and Me
    Marc Kornblatt; Nanette Regan, illus.
    Cover of World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews
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    World Ene­my No. 1: Nazi Ger­many, Sovi­et Rus­sia, and the Fate of the Jews
    Jochen Hell­beck
    Essay

    From Man­del­stam to Moth­er Doll

    Katya Apekina
    April 30, 2024
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    A Cold War Exo­dus: How Amer­i­can Activists Mobi­lized to Free Sovi­et Jews
    Shaul Kel­ner
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    Your Pres­ence Is Mandatory
    Sasha Vasi­lyuk
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    Grow­ing up in the Shad­ow of a Secret

    Sasha Vasi­lyuk
    April 22, 2024
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    On Her Own
    Lihi Lapid; Sondra Silverston, trans.
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    Braids: Recipes from My Pacif­ic North­west Jew­ish Kitchen
    Sonya San­ford
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    Adam Unre­hearsed
    Don Fut­ter­man
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    A Bru­tal Design
    Zachary C. Solomon
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    Car­a­van of Hope: A Bukha­ran Wom­an’s Jour­ney to Freedom
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