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    Read­ing Between the Sirens

    Ilana Kur­shan
    August 25, 2025
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    Chil­dren of the Book: A Mem­oir of Read­ing Together
    Ilana Kur­shan
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    Chil­dren’s
    Ris­ing
    Sidura Ludwig; Sophia Vincent Guy, illus.
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    Gary Shteyn­gart
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    My Child­hood in Pieces: A Stand-Up Com­e­dy, a Skok­ie Elegy
    Edward Hirsch
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    Find­ing the Words: Women and Prayer

    Jaime Hern­don
    May 19, 2025
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    One One in Six Mil­lion: The Baby by the Road­side and the Man Who Retraced a Holo­caust Sur­vivor’s Lost Identity
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    Han­nah Orenstein
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    Dara Horn
    Theo Ellsworth
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    Hap­pi­er Far
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    Bat­nadiv HaKarmi
    February 7, 2025
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    Janine Schloss
    January 29, 2025
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