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Cover of Profits and Persecution: German Big Business in the Nazi Economy and the Holocaust
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Prof­its and Per­se­cu­tion: Ger­man Big Busi­ness in the Nazi Econ­o­my and the Holocaust
Peter Hayes
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All Con­sum­ing: Ger­mans, Jews, and the Mean­ing of Meat
John M. Efron
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The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History
Nir Ariel­li
Cover of Promised Lands: Hadassah Kaplan and the Legacy of American Jewish Women in Early Twentieth-Century Palestine
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Promised Lands: Hadas­sah Kaplan and the Lega­cy of Amer­i­can Jew­ish Women in Ear­ly Twen­ti­eth-Cen­tu­ry Palestine 
Sharon Ann Musher
Essay

The Blue But­ter­fly of Cochin: A Jour­ney of Dis­cov­ery and Connection

Ari­ana Mizrahi
April 14, 2025
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Still Lives: Jew­ish Pho­tog­ra­phy in Nazi Germany
Ofer Ashke­nazi
Rebek­ka Grossmann
Shi­ra Miron
Sarah Wobick-Segev
Essay

Find­ing Sanc­tu­ary in India

Alka Joshi
April 14, 2025
Essay

Uncov­er­ing His­to­ry: Writ­ing ​“The Jew Who Would Be King”

Adam Rovn­er
April 14, 2025
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The Jew Who Would Be King: A True Sto­ry of Ship­wreck, Sur­vival, and Scan­dal in Vic­to­ri­an Africa
Adam Rovn­er
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Holo­caust: Ger­man His­to­ry and Our Half-Jew­ish Family
Thomas Paul Bernstein
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My Grandfather’s Sto­ries: From the Shtetl to Chicago

Jamie Wendt
March 31, 2025
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Chil­dren’s
Ellis Island Passover
Maris­sa Moss
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The World of Chaim Grade: Books About Jew­ish Life in Pre-World War II East­ern Europe

Altie Karp­er
March 24, 2025
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Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Mas­sacre in Pales­tine that Ignit­ed the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Yarde­na Schwartz
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Your Roots Cast a Shad­ow: One Fam­i­ly’s Search Across His­to­ry for Belonging
Car­o­line Topperman
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A Mitz­vah for George Washington
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