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    Cover of Mother for Dinner
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    Moth­er for Dinner
    Shalom Aus­lan­der
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    Fic­tion
    Life and Oth­er Shortcomings
    Corie Adj­mi
    Poetry

    ‘The Ran­dom Hand of Mercy’

    Har­ri­et Shenkman
    November 30, 2020
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    Chil­dren’s
    Hanukkah: The Fes­ti­val of Lights
    Bonnie Bader; Joanie Stone, illus.
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    The Jew­ish Intel­lec­tu­al Tra­di­tion: A His­to­ry of Learn­ing and Achievement
    Alan Kadish
    Michael A. Shmidman
    Sim­cha Fishbane
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