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    Car­a­van of Hope: A Bukha­ran Wom­an’s Jour­ney to Freedom
    Dahlia Abra­ham-Klein
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    Aaron Ham­burg­er
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    Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stal­in, and the Mirac­u­lous Sur­vival of My Family
    Daniel Finkel­stein
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    Excerpt — Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stal­in, and the Mirac­u­lous Sur­vival of My Family

    Daniel Finkel­stein
    September 18, 2023
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    The Twen­ti­eth-Cen­tu­ry Jew­ish State You’ve Nev­er Heard Of

    Ali­na Adams
    August 28, 2023
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    Good­bye, East­ern Europe: An Inti­mate His­to­ry of a Divid­ed Land
    Jacob Mikanows­ki
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    All-Night Phar­ma­cy
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    Before the Storm: A Thrilling His­tor­i­cal Nov­el of Real Life Nazi Hunters
    James D. Shipman
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    Moscow, Mar­riage, and Mur­der: Writ­ing a Cold War Thriller

    Paul Gold­berg
    June 5, 2023
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    The Dis­si­dent
    Paul Gold­berg
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    Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bob­by Fischer 

    Julian Voloj, Wag­n­er Willian
    April 4, 2023
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    Here We Are All Jews: 175 Russ­ian — Jew­ish Journeys
    Jonathan Porath
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    The Light of Sev­en Days
    Riv­er Adams
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